event.target.multiline

[Bassam5FDE]

Please help.

I have a conditional formating of a text field depending on whether a check box is checked or not.

The code works fine when the form is used in Acrobat but not when the form is opened in a web browser or iPad.

this is the code:

if (getField("15").value=="Yes") {
event.target.multiline = false;
event.target.alignment = "center"
event.value = "N/A";
}
else {
event.target.multiline = true;// Make it multiline=ON
event.target.alignment = "left"
}

Can anyone please advise?

[Test Screen Name]

Web browsers and non-Windows/Mac PDF viewers and anything except Acrobat/Reader have severe limitations. Unlikely there is an alternative.

[Bassam5FDE]

Thank you for the quick reply!

I am opening the form with the offical Acrobat Reader on the iPad and it is still not working. Is there another code i can use to make the text appear centralized when a check box is checked

[try67]

Don't count on any scripts working in any mobile version of Reader, unfortunately.

For best results (on an iOS device) try PDF Expert by Readdle.

[Bassam5FDE]

I am no expert on using javacodes, but would thier be another code instead of the event.target.multiline that is more compatible with the event iPad adobe app?

[try67]

There's no other way to change this property of a field, if that's what you're referring to.

Only thing you can try is to access the field directly, instead of via event.target, like this:

this.getField("FieldName").readonly = false;

[Test Screen Name]

Acrobat Reader on iOS is a big disappointment for form creators. Adobe obviously have no interest in making it better because they have had over a decade to do it. Here is the Adobe guide to JavaScript on iOS. It is very short: https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Mobile/iosapi/index.html