How to populate input data in PDF Porfolio?

[Henry.Ong]

I have created a PDF portfolio with several individual PDF Form. The first PDF form contains basic data like Name, Address, Date of Birth, Phone Numbers, etc.

In the other forms, certain basic data also exist. How can I populate these basic data in the other forms so such data is inputted only once?

[Barb Binder]

Hi Henry:

Do you need to use a PDF portfolio? If you use a single PDF (the pages can look different), this will happen automatically as long as the form field names match.

~Barb

[Henry.Ong]

Hi Barb,

Yes, the forms need to be in a portfolio. The portfolio consist of several sales forms which contain data that get repeated across the different forms.

[try67]

It can be achieved with a script, but it's not a simple task. For starters, you need to decide when the values are going to be updated: Each time you change them? Each time you open a file? Each time you save a file? Something else? This is very tricky.

[Thom Parker]

This is very tricky. The JavaScript context in a particular Portfolio form does not have direct access to any of the other forms. This type of data sharing is done most efficiently from the Cover sheet, but it can be accomplished less cleanly from the individual forms. I've Actually built this exact application a couple of times, and in different ways. It is a minefield of issues.

[Henry.Ong]

Thanks for all your feedback to my question.

I guess for now, I would go to the solution Barb suggested.