Change Form Field from visible onscreen but doesn't printing with script to printablr

Question

I have this script which changes the color of the text based on the data.Now, my issue is that if the message appears onscreen, I don't want it to print the message, however, if the actual text is visible onscreen, I'd like it to print the text.  Ugh !!!Here's my script so far.var fn = this.getField("Patients_First_Name").valueAsString;
var mn = this.getField("Patients_Middle_Name").valueAsString;
var ln = this.getField("Patients_Last_Name").valueAsString;

if (!fn && !mn && !ln) {
    event.value = "This will automatically fill-in after you complete Page 2.";
    event.target.textColor = ["RGB", 175/255 , 102/255 , 74/255 ];
} else {
    if (fn && mn && ln)
        event.value = fn + " " + mn + " " + ln;
    else if (fn && !mn && ln)
        event.value = fn + " " + ln;
    else if (!fn && mn && ln)
        event.value = ln;
    else if (fn && mn && !ln)
        event.value = fn;
    else if (fn && !mn && !ln)
        event.value = fn;
    else if (!fn && !mn && ln)
        event.value = ln;
    else
        event.value = "";
	event.target.textColor = color.blue;
}

Nesa Nurani · Accepted Answer

Add:event.target.display = display.noPrint;where you set message.And add:event.target.display = display.visible; under the line where you set color blue.

Thom Parker · Answer

The "Ugh" thing cannot be done in this script alone. What you are asking for is to display different text for printing, than on screen. So, either the text has to be changed on print, which is a bad idea, or printing has to show something else entirely, which is a good idea.

The way to do this is to put another field over top of this text field. Set this text field to only display on screen, and the new field to only display on print. Then set the value of the new field to Ugh when the message is displayed and blank when the caculated value is displayed.

Here's a simplification of your script, with a method for displaying the Ugh.

var fn = this.getField("Patients_First_Name").valueAsString;
var mn = this.getField("Patients_Middle_Name").valueAsString;
var ln = this.getField("Patients_Last_Name").valueAsString;
event.value = [fn,mn,ln].join(" ");

if (event.value == "") {
    event.value = "This will automatically fill-in after you complete Page 2.";
    event.target.textColor = ["RGB", 175/255 , 102/255 , 74/255 ];
    this.getField("UghField").value = "Ugh";
} else {
   event.target.textColor = color.blue;
   this.getField("UghField").value = "";
}

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