form user add fields

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I am trying to create a form where the number of certain fields is unknown. I need for the form user to be able to add certain fields as needed (findings and responses. A group of 2-3 form fields). I want to be able to put in an "add finding" button, and it adds a group of text/dropdown box fields. I need to have the ability to add as many of these groups as needed. But I hate to have blank pages that we don't need. These will eventually have to be printed. Hope this makes sense. Thanks

try67 · Answer

PDF forms are not dynamic in this sense (except for a specific subset of them). If you want to be able to add an unknown number of fields you need to use a Template page with the full set of fields already added to it and set as hidden. Then you need to use a script to show the next set of fields when the user clicks a button, and when it reaches the end of the page, spawn a copy from the Template page and proceed adding fields to that new page, etc.

This is not a simple task, but it is doable.

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