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July 9, 2024
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Cannot add a Radio Button to a Form without a choice being added to a previously created radio group

  • July 9, 2024
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I am working with Acrobat, and want to add several radio button groups to a form. Works fine when i create the first radio button group, after this, when I click on the Radio Button control on the left, it adds a choice to the radio group that already exists? I've tried copying, but get error message saying cannot create multiple copies of this selection. One or more fields in the selection have duplicates in this form. 

This error message makes no sense. There are not duplicates. 

How do I create multiple copies of radio groups? I've tried everything. So far, I have to close down the form, reopen it, then I can add a new radio button group. But, this takes a long time and surely this is not the way it works. 

Thanks ahead of time for help.  

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Correct answer PDF Automation Station

After creating a form field activate the select tool.


I finally got it.  Click the "Hand" tool.  Another extra click that wasn't needed under the old UI.

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Thom Parker
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 9, 2024

Read this article on Radiobuttons and Checkboxes on a PDF:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Checkboxes-and-Radio-Buttons.cfm

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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Community Expert
July 9, 2024

 "it adds a choice to the radio group that already exists".  Rename the Group Name in the popup:

 

Is the error you are seeing is from the  Right-click > create multiple copies  function.  You can't create multiple copies this way if there is more than one radio button with the same group name.

Participant
July 9, 2024

I was using the new view of Acrobat and do not have this interface. I disabled the new view and went back to the old view and this worked. In the newest version, the radio button tool is on the left, when you click it to bring a new group into the form, all that happens is a new choice is added to the prior radio button group. I could not find a way in the new interface to create a group, then create the choices. Thanks  

Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2024

It defaults to on.  There has to be a way to turn it off.


Disable the new UI and you will see the pin icon.