js that only works on current page?

[RaWiAp]

Hey guys,

my problem is that populated fields only works one the first page after being copied.

When i copied the same file into it, it said that all the fieldnames with the exact same name will become "one", could i do something against that?

i have a document/page that i need to have 2,3,4 or 5 times in inside the same pdf, with same fieldnames but i still wanna use the populate function to be working, does someone have an idea? i hope you get what i mean, my english is not the best for these typ of things.

[try67]

You will have to rename the fields for them to be unique. One easy way of doing that is to define the page as a Template, and then spawn copies from it using a script. The script can set all the fields to be renamed automatically.

I've developed a (paid-for) tool that allows you to do it with just a couple of clicks:

https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-duplicate-pages-of-a-pdf-file-including-form-fields

I'm not sure what you mean about using the "populate function" to fill them in, though.

[RaWiAp]

That doesnt work cuz it needs to work in the mobile version(app).

I think it doesnt work atm, right?

[try67]

You can't run the script itself on a mobile device, but you can run it on a regular desktop computer, and the file that will be generated by it will work on such a device.

[RaWiAp]

Ok, thanks.

Cant do it on a desktop computer, thats the problem.

[Thom Parker]

You are asking for conflicting features. The fields in a form must have unique names to have unique values.  You'll need to use a naming scheme that prefixes the field names. For example "Page1.firstname". 

If this form is used on a mobile device you'll need to add-in all the pages up front.   Pages can't be added on a mobile device.  

So what mobile viewer are you using that "populates" data into a PDF form?  

Perhaps you should explain the workflow. Maybe there is another solution?