Custom format script

[default0m5mo1vwp5yt]

How correctly set custom format script for newly created text field?

I tried f.setAction("Format", "my_script"). No error shows after creating my text field, but nothing appears in custom format field box for that field. I cannot figure out what is missing. Cannot find anything relevant online. Script itself works fine. Please help. Thank you very much in advance.

[JR Boulay]

f is undefined.

Try:

this.getField("FIELD-NAME").setAction("Format", "my_script");

[default0m5mo1vwp5yt]

Of course f is defined, I just haven't shown that. All code works, I just cannot find details/instructions about that setAction("Format", ...) line.

In other place I have f.setAction("Keyword", "my_script") and it is working just fine.

[default0m5mo1vwp5yt]

excuse me, "Keystroke"

[try67]

What's the actual code you used for the format script itself?

[JR Boulay]

All details/instructions are here in the SDK:

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/acrobatsdk/html2015/Acro12_MasterBook/JS_API_AcroJS...

[Bernd Alheit]

How does you test the script?

[default0m5mo1vwp5yt]

Just to be clearer: When creating a new text field, I want to add custom format script. I can easily do that when field already exist using Acrobat custom format option. However, when I tried to do that using js f.setAction("Format", "my_script") like shown in the manual, there is no action. This line is just ignored and nothing appear in my new text field property custom format window. I cannot understand why is that.

May be Thom Parker knows why if he is still there :).

[Bernd Alheit]

> I can easily do that when field already exist using Acrobat custom format option. 

What does you enter there?

[default0m5mo1vwp5yt]

I can enter there any JS, such as getField("Test").value = 1 and it works. But using setAction("Format", "getField("Test").value = 1") doesn't work. Very strange.

[Bernd Alheit]

Check the Javascript console for errors.

You must use \" in text strings, not only "

[Nesa Nurani]

Is your field name correctly in f variable?

Can you post full script you use?

[default0m5mo1vwp5yt]

Thank you guys, of course that was my fault.

I just have two f. text fields and all the time tried to apply my script to the wrong field.

Everything works like intended 🙂