Exiting Fillable PDF Without Saving Form

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January 25, 2022
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I have a fillable PDF form with a button labeled "EXIT." When that button is pressed, I want to clear the form, close the file, and NOT attempt to save the file. I'm close to making this work, but I get 2 messages/prompts that I'd like to bypass. The first prompt is "Since one of the action results in closing a doc, the rest of the action will not be executed. Do you want to continue?" I always answer "Yes," so I'd like to skip this step. Next, I'm asked "Do you want to save changes to ... before closing?" Again, I always answer "Yes" and want to skip this step. I'm pretty sure the Javascript would help me, but I'm a novice. I think I just need the code to enter into my EXIT button steps.

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try67

Community Expert

All you need is this command:

this.closeDoc(true);

There's no point in clearing the form since you're not saving the file... The above command will just close the file without saving it. What is saved will remain. What is not saved will be lost.

If you want to make sure the file is cleared then you need to:

- Clear the form

- Save the file

- Close the file

The second step will require a privileged context, though, such as a folder-level script.

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steveroeschAuthor

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Thank you. This was very helpful. Is there any javascript that will bypass/prevent the "Since one of the action results in closing a doc, the rest of the action will not be executed. Do you want to continue?" I always answer "OK," so it would save a step if this response could be generetd automatically.