How to delete all duplicate buttons from the document?

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April 20, 2017
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I am facing this problem regularly. I copy a button from other document and paste it in a new document. But sometimes the action for the buttons redirects me to a different location. Then If I select "Select All" and press delete. The hyperlinks and other references in the document get deleted as well. Is there any other method where I can just delete all the buttons.

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Correct answer try67

This code will delete all the button fields in your file:

for (var i=this.numFields-1; i>=0; i--) {
    var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
    if (f==null) continue;
    if (f.type=="button") this.removeField(f.name);
}

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albe68

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This post is over 7 years old but I just helped me out.

Thanks try67. Appreciate the javascript.

try67

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This code will delete all the button fields in your file:

for (var i=this.numFields-1; i>=0; i--) {
    var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
    if (f==null) continue;
    if (f.type=="button") this.removeField(f.name);
}

aj7667Author

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Hello try67. Thank you for the code. But inspite of multiple attempts, i was facing an error.

I tried this.removeField ("button name"); and it worked fine.

try67

Community Expert

What error?

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