Doing a find/replace in a text field value - Acrobat / PDF Form

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This might be simple and might already been discussed. The new community search don’t help me.

Can a regular format script or keystroke script execute a character replacement in the value of a text field?

Thanks!

gkaiseril · Answer

There is no reason one cannot edit the either at the keystroke or when the field entry when the willCommit property becomes true. I would be careful using the format script sine that action only changes the displayed value and not the actual field value.

I would use the RegExp object's replace method to edit the string. If you need to replace multiple occurances of a value, you will need to use the global flag.

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