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islandgirl23
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March 17, 2019
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Have two print date boxes that needs to function on their own

  • March 17, 2019
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Good morning,

I posted a question in Oct 2018 about two text boxes which I wanted different print dates in them.  So far, the two text boxes are in the will print and did print functions and I managed to lock down one box from updating every time I print.  But my problem is that because the two boxes are in the print functions, a date appears in both boxes when I  click print the very first time.  I do not want that to occur.  I would like the current date to appear ONLY in the first box the first time I hit print and then any other time I hit print, I want the date to appear in the second block.   The date can change in the second block each time the form is printed after that.   Is there a way I can accomplish this? 

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Correct answer try67

Use this code:

var f1 = this.getField("Text6");

var f2 = this.getField("Text8");

var s = util.printd("m/d/yyyy h:MM tt", new Date());

if (f1.valueAsString=="") f1.value = s;

else f2.value = s;

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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March 17, 2019

You would need to add an if-condition to your code.

If the first field is empty, populate it. If it's not empty, populate the second field.

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islandgirl23Author
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March 17, 2019

Thank you.  Can you help me with the code?  The first block is Text6 and second block is Text8.  So far this is what I have in will print:

var f = this.getField("Text6");

if(f.valueAsString=="")f.value = util.printd("m/d/yyyy h:MM tt", new Date());

and this is what I have in did print:

var f = this.getField("Text8");

f.value = util.printd("m/d/yyyy h:MM tt", new Date());

I'm assuming that the if-condition would be added to the did print?

try67
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try67Community Expert
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March 17, 2019

Sorry, maybe I didn't understand. The first box should be used for the Will Print event and the second for the Did Print?

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