Created a fill-in pdf form using Adobe Acrobat with several required fields and then a submit button using the 'submit a form' action. The pdf form will submit even though a required input field hasn't been completed. It works just fine and gives an error message when all required fields aren't completed, but as soon as one required field is completed (but other required field are not completed), it submits the form. I don't want them to be able to submit unless all required fields are complete.
To ensure your PDF form only submits when all required fields are completed, you need to add JavaScript validation. In Adobe Acrobat, go to the "Properties" of the submit button, select the "Actions" tab, choose "Run a JavaScript" and add a script that checks all required fields before submission. This script will prevent the form from submitting until all required fields are filled.
Yes, I've used this before for many forms, and the 'Submit a Form' action always validated that there was entry in the required fields, but it doesn't seem to be working now with the same field properties. Not sure why. Thank you.
Thank you. On all my prior forms, I have used the 'submit a form' function and it has always validated all required fields prior to allowing the submit, and I never used java script. Not sure why it isn't working now.
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