I extend my sincere gratitude for your prompt response to my query.
Consider, if you will, a Time Sheet, a document where each day of the month is meticulously recorded. Thirty-one fields, christened "Day1" through "Day31," stand ready to receive their due entries. I have devised a command, a concise yet potent invocation, "checkHolidays();," which, residing within a Document Level script, can be swiftly applied to these fields, nestled within a chosen tab of their Properties. A mere matter of seconds, and the task is accomplished. While this particular command is brief, the "sct" field can accommodate scripts of greater length and complexity.
To illustrate further, the manual entry of field names and their corresponding Property tabs yields flawless execution. However, my ambition extends beyond this manual approach. I yearn to automate the process, to create a script that intelligently discerns field names, presenting them in a user-friendly, selectable dropdown list. This list should not merely display the numerical identifiers that distinguish the fields (e.g., "1" from "Day1"), but rather the common prefix (e.g., "Day"). Furthermore, fields containing a period (e.g., "ProjectCode.1") should retain the prefix up to and including the period (e.g., "ProjectCode."). The numerical portion of the field name, however, will be entered manually into "Start Number" and "End Number" fields. Similarly, all functional tabs within the Properties should be available in a dropdown list for the "Target Action."
The script that performs admirably when field names and Target Action are entered manually is attached for your perusal.
// FormScriptUtility.js - Folder Level Script for Acrobat
app.addToolButton({
cName: "FormScriptUtility",
cLabel: "Set Form Scripts",
cTooltext: "Set custom scripts for multiple form fields",
cEnable: "event.rc = (app.doc != null);",
cExec: "launchFormScriptUtility();",
nPos: -1
});
function launchFormScriptUtility() {
var dialog = {
initialize: function(dialog) {
dialog.load({
"fpre": "",
"snum": "",
"enum": "",
"actn": "",
"scpt": ""
});
},
commit: function(dialog) {
var results = dialog.store();
this.fieldPrefix = results["fpre"] || "";
this.startNum = parseInt(results["snum"] || "0", 10);
this.endNum = parseInt(results["enum"] || "0", 10);
this.action = results["actn"] || "";
this.script = results["scpt"] || "";
},
description: {
name: "Set Form Scripts",
elements: [
{
type: "view",
width: 450,
height: 450,
elements: [
{
type: "static_text",
name: "Step 1: Enter Field Prefix and Range (e.g., Day, ProjectCode, OverTime; separate multiples with commas)",
width: 400,
height: 20,
alignment: "align_center"
},
{
type: "edit_text",
item_id: "fpre",
name: "Field Prefix:",
width: 200,
height: 20
},
{
type: "view",
align_children: "align_row",
elements: [
{
type: "static_text",
name: "Start Number:",
width: 100,
height: 20
},
{
type: "edit_text",
item_id: "snum",
width: 50,
height: 20,
char_width: 4
},
{
type: "static_text",
name: "End Number:",
width: 100,
height: 20
},
{
type: "edit_text",
item_id: "enum",
width: 50,
height: 20,
char_width: 4
}
]
},
{
type: "static_text",
name: "Step 2: Enter Target Action (e.g., Validate, Calculate):",
width: 400,
height: 20,
alignment: "align_center"
},
{
type: "edit_text",
item_id: "actn",
width: 200,
height: 20
},
{
type: "static_text",
name: "Step 3: Enter JavaScript Code",
width: 400,
height: 20,
alignment: "align_center"
},
{
type: "edit_text",
item_id: "scpt",
width: 400,
height: 200,
multiline: true
},
{
type: "cluster",
alignment: "align_right",
elements: [
{
type: "ok_cancel",
ok_name: "OK",
cancel_name: "Cancel"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
};
if (app.execDialog(dialog) === "ok") {
var fieldPrefix = dialog.fieldPrefix || "";
var fieldPrefixes = fieldPrefix.split(",").map(function(p) { return p.trim(); }).filter(function(p) { return p; });
var startNum = dialog.startNum;
var endNum = dialog.endNum;
var action = dialog.action || "";
var script = dialog.script || "";
if (fieldPrefixes.length === 0) {
app.alert("Field Prefix cannot be empty.");
return false;
}
if (isNaN(startNum) || startNum < 1) {
app.alert("Start Number must be a valid positive number.");
return false;
}
if (isNaN(endNum) || endNum < 1) {
app.alert("End Number must be a valid positive number.");
return false;
}
if (startNum > endNum) {
app.alert("Start Number must be less than or equal to End Number.");
return false;
}
if (!action) {
app.alert("Please enter a valid Target Action (e.g., Validate, Calculate).");
return false;
}
if (!script) {
app.alert("JavaScript Code cannot be empty.");
return false;
}
var validActions = ["Validate", "Calculate", "Keystroke", "Format", "Mouse Up", "Mouse Down", "Focus", "Blur"];
if (validActions.indexOf(action) === -1) {
app.alert("Invalid Target Action. Please use one of: " + validActions.join(", "));
return false;
}
var totalSuccessCount = 0;
var errorMessages = [];
fieldPrefixes.forEach(function(prefix) {
if (!prefix || typeof prefix !== "string") {
errorMessages.push("Skipping invalid prefix: " + prefix);
return;
}
var successCount = 0;
for (var i = startNum; i <= endNum; i++) {
var fieldName = prefix + (prefix.endsWith(".") ? "" : "") + i;
var field = this.getField(fieldName);
if (field) {
try {
field.setAction(action, script);
successCount++;
} catch (e) {
errorMessages.push("Error setting script for " + fieldName + ": " + e);
}
} else {
errorMessages.push("Field not found: " + fieldName);
}
}
totalSuccessCount += successCount;
});
if (errorMessages.length > 0) {
app.alert("Some fields could not be updated:\n" + errorMessages.join("\n"));
console.println("Operation completed with errors.");
} else {
app.alert("Scripts successfully applied to " + totalSuccessCount + " fields across prefixes: " + fieldPrefixes.join(", "));
console.println("Operation completed successfully.");
}
return true;
} else {
console.println("Dialog cancelled or failed.");
return false;
}
}
function getField(name) {
return this.getField(name);
}
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