Auto populate fields with 'N/A' when signature field is completed

[Greg Growney]

Hi All,

I need some script help from the community!

I have a PDF form being used as part of a filling process operation. In short, the operators populate a field with data, then electronically sign next to the data. The signature then locks the field and makes it a read only. 

On occasion it is required for the operator to leave a field blank as it is not applicable ... but what I would like to is if there is a way for the blank field to be automatically populated with 'N/A' when the signature is applied if the field is left blank?

Thanks in advanced. !

[JR Boulay]

You can place this script as a "Mouse enter" action in the signature field:

var oFld = this.getField("nameOfTheField");
if (oFld.value == oFld.defaultValue) {oFld.value = "N/A";}

[Nesa Nurani]

JR Boulay, that would apply "N/A" before field is signed.

Perhaps it would be better to use 'On Blur' so it apply when field is signed, and you could use something like this:

var fields = ["Text A","Text B","Text C"];
for(var i in fields){
if(this.getField(fields[i]).valueAsString == "")
this.getField(fields[i]).value = "N/A";}

Replace "Text A","Text B","Text C" with your actual field names and you can easily add more names to it.

[Greg Growney]

This has worked! Thank you so much!

[Bernd Alheit]

Does this work when the user cancel the signing?

[Nesa Nurani]

If user cancel signing and click outside sign field it will still populate fields with "N/A" which is probably what OP doesn't want.

If that would happen then it is better to use script under signed tab, if OP wants to set all fields to read-only after signing then he can use this:

var fields = ["Text A","Text B","Text C"];
for(var i in fields){
if(this.getField(fields[i]).valueAsString == "")
this.getField(fields[i]).value = "N/A";}

for (var j=0; j<this.numFields; j++){
this.getField(getNthFieldName(j)).readonly=true;}

If he wants some of the fields set to read only he can use this (changing/adding actual field names to variable 'fields' and 'fields2' where 'fields2' are fields to be set read-only) :

var fields = ["Text A","Text C"];
for(var i in fields){
if(this.getField(fields[i]).valueAsString == "")
this.getField(fields[i]).value = "N/A";}

var fields2 = ["Text field name","Checkbox field name","Button field name"];
for(var j in fields2){
this.getField(fields2[j]).readonly=true;}

[Bernd Alheit]

You can execute a script when the field is signed:

[Asim123]

In that case he would need to implement read only part to the script also since he probably already using 'Mark as read-only'.