Duplicating form field with Javascript across multiple documents?

Question

Hi there, I have spent far too much time googling this and trying different things such as stamps but would like to know if there is a simple way to save a form field to use on multiple docs (I know how to duplicate across pages but not across docs!).

I add a form field to say "This document was printed on <today's date and time>"

Where today's date and time is a javascript that works it out the current date and time. I also add the same script to "will print" and "did print" to ensure it will give the most current on opening and printing.

It is a monotonous task to do when you have to add to hundreds of documents and I would like to know if there is a quick way to create the form and then apply it to as many docs as you need to (I can do it with applying a saved watermark to all open docs, so hoping I can do this too)

It would speed up my friday work no end!

Thanks for any help

try67 · Accepted Answer

Thank you, and what do I need to add to the script to duplicate the text box across all pages 🙂

Sorry I don't ask for much do I LOL

Do you want all the fields to be identical copies of each other?

If so, place the addField command in a a loop that iterates over all the page numbers, like this:

for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
	var f = this.addField("Today", "text", p, [222.6179962158203,775.823974609375,372.6180114746094,753.823974609375]);
	f.readonly = true;
}

try67 · Answer

Yes, this can be done in Acrobat Pro using an Action that executes a script that adds the field and set the document actions. Where on the page do you want the field to appear, and what should it look like? If you could share a sample page with the field it might be easier...

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