Have a form field (text box) mirror the text/data entered in another form field. (i.e. user enters column names for table on first page, then column names are displayed later in document)

[alexc93038808]

So in a very low-level kind of way, I am trying to mimic an excel file. I want the first page of the pdf document to act as the "master data" sheet and the preceding pages will grab text and numbers from that page. I have never worked with javascripts before so the syntax is very confusing. I understand that you can create a calcuation under the "Calcuate" tab (under properties of a form field), but it only deals with numbers. Any help would be great!

[try67]

Just give both fields the same name and they'll automatically have the same value.

And it's not true that a calculation script can only deal with numbers.

[alexc93038808]

Is there a way to edit one form field and have the other locked if they have the same name?

[try67]

No. If you want the other field to be read-only then they need to have unique names, in which case you will need to use a calculation script. Let's say the first field is called "A" and the second "B".

You can set B as read-only and use this code as its custom calculation script:

event.value = this.getField("A").valueAsString;

[alexc93038808]

I figured that there was an easy way to do it. I do not doubt that there are a ton of capabilities of the calcuate tab, I just don't know javascript really well