Rich Text Formatting and Java Script Editable PDF

Question

So, through this forum, (thank you Almir R V Santos ) I have learned how to have text displayed when I have created editable text boxes in acrobat that have set character spacing by inserting in to Custom Format Scripts in Text Field Properties......

var text = event.value; if (!text) { text = "Your name here"; } text = text.split("").join(" "); event.value = text;

Can we take this one step further and allow Rich Text Formatting so that the client can go into the Reader enabled version and change text size and color?

I have been trying to work this out for over a year! You can certainly tick rich Text Formatting but it does not allow text size, font etc changes in Reader, only actual wording. What am I missing?

Thanks in advance!

Karen Thring

Karl Heinz Kremer · Accepted Answer

You can try something like this, it should work for both Rich Text and normal fields:

var haveText = false;
if (event.value.length > 0)
  haveText = true;
if (event.target.richText && event.richValue.length > 0)
  haveText = true;
if (!haveText) {
  text = "Your name here";
  event.value = text;
} else {
  if (event.target.richText) {
  var spans = event.richValue;
  if (spans.length == 0) {
  text = text.split("").join(" ");
  event.value = text;
  } else {
  for (var i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) {
  spans.text = spans.text.split("").join(" ");
  }
  event.richValue = spans;
  }
  } else {
  text = text.split("").join(" ");
  event.value = text;
  }
}

The only thing that does not work is the link feature in a Rich Text field.

[ Update: There was a problem with my code and I had to modify it. ]

Karl Heinz Kremer · Answer

With this simple script, you cannot have both the extra space between characters and rich text formatting. It's one or the other. If you want both, you will have to come up with a much more complex script that also takes the formatting commands into account.

BTW: If you are referring to an older discussion, it's always useful to add a link, so that we are all on the same page.

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