Do not allow digital signature until all required fields not blank

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
March 24, 2020
2 replies
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We are working on implementing digital signatures on forms due to our recent inability to meet directly with our customers. From what I read it seems I need to have a button that would unhide the digital signature field if it was checked and that would run a script to check if all of the required fields were not blank, if one was still blank it would alert the user they need to fill out all required fields. Can someone please help me with this script? I have tried but I am not able to get it to work correctly.

try67

Community Expert

You can use this code to do it:

this.getField("Signature").readonly = !validateRequiredFields(this);

function validateRequiredFields(doc) {
	var emptyFields = [];
	for (var i=0; i<doc.numFields; i++) {
		 var f = doc.getField(doc.getNthFieldName(i));
		 if (f!=null && f.type!="button" && f.required && f.valueAsString==f.defaultValue) {
			emptyFields.push(f.name);
		}
	}

	if (emptyFields.length>0) {
		 app.alert("You must fill in the following fields:\n" + emptyFields.join("\n"));
		 return false;
	}
	return true;
}

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peterg78255717Author

Known Participant

Thanks a bunch, but where exactly does this go?

try67

Community Expert

As the Mouse Up event of your button.

ls_rbls

Community Expert

Hi,

Please share the script that you're trying to use so that the developers in the forums can assist you better.

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peterg78255717Author

Known Participant

Thanks for the reply, I don't think anything i had found was too helpful.
Basically any required fields blank then signature is not allowed.

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peterg78255717Author

Known Participant

I got the bottom to work but now I want a popup to display a message that not all required fields are filled out if they click the read only signture box otherwise it is confusing

if(event.value != "" && this.getField("Last Name").value != "" && this.getField("First Name").value != ""
&& this.getField("Street Address").value != ""
&& this.getField("City").value != ""
&& this.getField("Zip").value != ""
&& this.getField("Phone number").value != ""
&& this.getField("Date_of_Birth").value != ""
&& this.getField("Sex").value != ""
this.getField("Signature").readonly = false;
} else {
this.getField("Signature").readonly = true;
}

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