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

Question

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

try67 · Accepted Answer

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;

Use this:

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

TᴀW · Answer

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.

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