Date Field, Display when form is being printed

[nickp54345656]

Hello,

I have a work form where a field for the Date will display when the form is sent to the printer.

I wanted this same Date field so I copied the field and pasted into my new form, but it doens't print.

Looking, it wasn't done with any javascript. I am not sure how it grabs the date when being printed.

I appreciate any insight into how this might work.

Thanks,

[DimitriM]

Hi,

Look under Document Actions in the old file and you should see a script entered under Will Print. You will need to add that to your new file too.  You can also set the date field to Print only in your new form if you want it to only show when printed.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri

www.pdfscripting.com

[nickp54345656]

Thank you DimitriM, how do I navigate to Document Actions/Will Print? I looked in the Actions Wizard but didn't see anything. thank you.

[nickp54345656]

Scratch that, I found it 🙂 For those who might come across this: Prepare Form/More/Document Actions/Document Will Print.

[nickp54345656]

Also here is the script I found

var f = this.getField("Date");
 f.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", new Date());

var f = this.getField("Time");
 f.value = util.printd("h:MM tt", new Date());

var f = this.getField("FormID");
 f.value = new Date().getTime() ;

[DimitriM]

There is a difference between "Document Actions" and Actions in the Actions Wizard, confusing so sorry about that. You can find the Document Actions under the JavaScript menu.. If you open that you will see a dialog with the "Document Will Print" option. If you select that and click edit then you can see any scripts that were entered there..