how to pass user input from app.response() to the pdf page

Thom.

I am able to see in the console that  i am capturing the user input, what I have not figured out how to do is display that input to the acrobat page.

I am not using forms, i have written the code in an action because i also need to create a pdf document with x number of pages, i am able to create that document but i need to display the user input to the page.

here is what i have so far:

/* Put script title here */

var number = app.response("How many labels?");

var labels = parseInt(number);

console.println("labels type of is " + typeof(labels));

this.createTemplate({cName: "myTemplate", nPage: 0});

// Obtain the template name "myTemplate":
var t = this.getTemplate("myTemplate");
// Prevent file size inflation:
var XO = t.spawn(number, true, true);
// Spawn the remaining pages:
for (var i = 2; i <= number-1; i++)
t.spawn(i, true, true, XO);

for (var counter = 1; counter <= number; counter++){
console.println(counter);
}

var toDisplay = this.getField("labels");
this.getField("labels").textSize = 28;
toDisplay.textColor = color.red;

console.println("this is what labels has " + labels);

The this.getField() method returns null with or without the .value

Is there a way that for me to display the user input from app.response to the page?

greatly appreciated.