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March 19, 2019
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Field Validation in another submit button?

  • March 19, 2019
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Hi I have submit form button which validates all the required fields when submitting the overall form. (Im using acrobat pro 11)

However there are parts of the form which need to be sent to line manager for approval.

So i have another button that states "Submit for manager approval" i want this button to validate individual fields that i can input to make sure they are not empty before they send to the line manager for approval.

I've got some JavaScipt on this button which opens up an email pop up so they can enter their Line manager address:

What can i add to the following to make sure individuals fields are not empty before they can submit this:

the field names are Name, Employee Number and date.

JavaScript:
// Set the subject and body text for the email message
var cSubLine = "SPIC Form Approval required"
var cBody = "This form requires your review and approval"

// Send the entire PDF as a file attachment on an email
this.mailDoc({bUI: true, cSubject: cSubLine, cMsg: cBody});

Much appreciated.

Kuium

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Correct answer try67

The basic code to do that is this:

if (this.getField("FieldName").valueAsString==this.getField("FieldName").defaultValue) {

     app.alert("You must first fill in FieldName.");

} else {

     // submit the form

}

You can either create multiple such if-else statements for each field, or you could use an array with all the fields' names in it and a for-loop to iterate over all of them.

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try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 19, 2019

The basic code to do that is this:

if (this.getField("FieldName").valueAsString==this.getField("FieldName").defaultValue) {

     app.alert("You must first fill in FieldName.");

} else {

     // submit the form

}

You can either create multiple such if-else statements for each field, or you could use an array with all the fields' names in it and a for-loop to iterate over all of them.

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    kayc37014647Author
    Participant
    March 19, 2019

    Hi thanks so much,

    Apologies beginner JavaScript user here.

    Here is the code I have:

    All working

    if (this.getField("Name print").valueAsString==this.getField("Name print").defaultValue) {
         app.alert("You must first fill in Name field.");
    } else if (this.getField("Job title").valueAsString==this.getField("Job title").defaultValue) {
        app.alert("You must first fill in Job field.");

    } else {

    // Submit form
    var cSubLine = "SPIC Form Approval required"
    var cBody = "This form requires your review and approval"

    // Send the entire PDF as a file attachment on an email
    this.mailDoc({bUI: true, cSubject: cSubLine, cMsg: cBody});
    }

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    March 19, 2019

    Yeah, that should work.

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