Cannot get date to auto-populate to today's date like I did on other documents before

[Court & Ginger]

I did a search a while back for how to get the date to autopopulate to today's date. I found an article that gave me this javascript to use (I do know know anything about java script so this was completely new).

This is the script: var f = this.getField("Today's Date");f.value = util.printd("mmm d, yyyy", new Date());

I created a text field, labled it "Today's Date". Clicked on the Javascript tool, then on Document Javascripts, names the script "Today's Date" and then put in the script and it worked.

I am copied and pasted that script and followed the same process for other documents and it has always worked.

Not now, I am trying to do the same and it's not working.

I tried clicking on Debugger just to see what that was (I have no idea what I'm doing) and this is what it showed:

Can someone help please? I would sure appreciate it!

[Bernd Alheit]

The name of the field is not correct.

[Court & Ginger]

Thank you Bernd.

Can you explain a little more?

I have always used "Today's Date". What am I missing?

[Bernd Alheit]

this.getField("Today's Date");

gives the value null.

That means that the script doesn't find the field in the document.

[Court & Ginger]

Oh ok, thank you.

I found that it wasn't saving the field name that I was typing in. It seems to be staying now (see below)

But the date is still not auto-populating

[Bernd Alheit]

Look at the name of the field:

 

[Court & Ginger]

Oh! I didn't know that you had to name the script with the extra part after "Today's Date"

Thank you!

Now, since some of our students will not be completing this document electronically, I will have to print this document for them to write in their information and I don't want the auto-populated date to show when I print it. 

Is there a way to do that?

[Bernd Alheit]

You have created a Adobe Sign form.

[Court & Ginger]

Yes, we will be sending it to students to them to complete electronically. 

But we also have students that struggle with technology or do not have a computer and internet at home to complete it so I will need to be able to print blank copies of the document so that students can hand write in their info.

So that is why I don't want the auto-populated date to show up on the blank printed copies because I am not sure what the date will be when students actually fill it out (I am going to print them ahead of time so we have them ready)

[Nesa Nurani]

Check that your field name is correct.