HOW TO CREATE A PDF FORM WITH SEPERATE BOXES FOR INDIVIDUAL LETTERS

[tirah57061466]

Hi, I have a form that I want people to fill in, I have enclosed an example , this is not the end result, I need to be able to calculate the number of letters which is why I need the individual boxes?

So they just type their name as normal rathert han clicking into each individual box with a letter? so you automatically move to the next box once one letter ha filled it?

Any ideas out there

Thanks

[Bernd Alheit]

In the options of the text field use the entry "Comb of n characters".

[TᴀW]

Create a single text field in Acrobat, and make it a "comb" field.

To make it a comb field, go into the properties of the text field you've created, and under the Options tab, right at the bottom, you'll find a checkbox that says "Comb of", and you can enter how many characters you want the comb to have.

[tirah57061466]

Will this calculate how many letters as I need to prices per letter?

so at the end of the namer it will have a box that says say 15 (for the 15 letters used)?, uderneath there will be a cost for the 15 letters?

[Bernd Alheit]

For name use a text field with 15 characters, for order ref a text field with 6 characters.

[tirah57061466]

HI, there will be a standard number of boxes, say 20 boxes, they may have a short name or a long one, some boxes will be left empty, it's not for me to spcify how many?

[Bernd Alheit]

You don't need fill all boxes.

[try67]

You can enter less characters than the comb limit, but not more.

[tirah57061466]

HI, I have got the code to calculate the characters, how do I change this so that it doesn't count the spaces?,I just need text and numbers?

event.value = this.getField("NAME TEXT").valueAsString.length;

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Use this:

event.value = this.getField("NAME TEXT").valueAsString.replace(/\s/g, "").length;