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C.W.McCall
Inspiring
May 17, 2018
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PDF drop down reference to external data

  • May 17, 2018
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I'm looking for a way to have a user select an item from a drop down, where the selections within the drop down are from an externally managed list.  Is this even possible in Acrobat?

Thanks

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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May 17, 2018

Under some conditions, yes. Is this list going to be located on the local machine? On a network drive? On a website?

What's the format of the list file? Can a script be installed on the local machine of all the users who are going to be using it? etc.

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C.W.McCallAuthor
Inspiring
May 17, 2018

Local machine only.  The format of the file me doesn't matter to me - whatever will work.  .txt would be fine)  Scripts can be installed.

Thanks.

try67
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try67Community Expert
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May 17, 2018

In that case it should be possible. A script will have to be written to read the input file, parse it, use the data from it to set the options of the field, and then re-apply the old value (if possible).

If you're interested in someone creating such a script for you (for a small fee), feel free to contact me privately at: try6767 at gmail.com .

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