Copying controls with properties using Java script

[Piotr Smolen]

Is there any easy way to use a script to duplicate a field (text, combo, list, checkbox, radio ...) with properties? So I have a field and I want to make an exact copy of it (frames, colors, fonts, formats, etc.) elsewhere in the form, of course under a different name. I want to avoid tediously rewriting all properties one by one (as I do so far).

[try67 · Accepted solution]

To answer your question: No, not easily. You have to create the field from scratch, and then copy each individual property from the source field to the target one. Some things can't be copied, though. Basically anything that's an action (like Format, Calculate, Validate, Mouse Up, Mouse Enter, etc.), as well as some special properties, such as Direction "Right to Left/Left to Right".

[JR Boulay]

Right-click on the field : Create Multiple Copies.

[Piotr Smolen]

Please read the post carefully .... the question is how to do it using a java script, e.g. after pressing a key.

[JR Boulay]

It is not possible to copy all properties from one field to another with JavaScript.

You should use CTRL-C and CTRL-V (copy-paste).

[Piotr Smolen]

I'm sorry but you don't understand my need. How do I apply Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V in a Java script for a control?

[JR Boulay]

I understood and I wrote "not possible…with JavaScript". (See try67 explainations)

I meant that using the keys CTRL-C & CTRL-V you can copy-paste a field with all its properties, without the need of a script.

[Bernd Alheit]

Why want you a script for this?

[Piotr Smolen]

I want to dynamically create tables and add or delete rows. There is no table control in Adobe DC so you have to deal with it somehow. In fact, I already have such a procedure, but I wanted to simplify it and reduce its volume.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

To answer your question: No, not easily. You have to create the field from scratch, and then copy each individual property from the source field to the target one. Some things can't be copied, though. Basically anything that's an action (like Format, Calculate, Validate, Mouse Up, Mouse Enter, etc.), as well as some special properties, such as Direction "Right to Left/Left to Right".

[Piotr Smolen]

OK, that's what I was afraid of, although I put simple formatting scripts with code .....

[try67 · Accepted solution]

If you know what script you want to use you can apply it, of course, but you can't actually copy it from one field to another (because you can't read the script applied to any event, unfortunately).

[Piotr Smolen]

This explains the issue, because my memory has already given me examples where I have seen the insertion of large parts of the script, in addition, it seems to be formatted in RTF.

[try67]

No, a script is always plain-text only.