Need Script for Template Page

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Hi,I have a question for the Template Page.Let's say I created a few pages based on the template page and all the fields on the generated pages are filled in, and one day I want to duplicate this PDF for another purpose and therefore need to correct the information on the template page (there is some general information prefilled in), what extra script do I need to make sure that the changes I make to those fields on the template page will carry out through to those generated pages?  Thanks very much.

Thom Parker · Answer

When fields are renamed on the spawned pages, they are renamed using a prefix. The root field name stays the same. You could write a script to look through all the fields for ones with a particular root name and then change those accordingly.

Another option is to change the original document to use two templates. One template is the spawned page with renamed fields. The second template contians the fields that are the same on every new page. This template is overlaid on top of the spawned page with the setting that does not change the field names. Now you can change the data in one of the common fields and it is automatically propagated to the other pages.

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