Stamp not working - Please help

[giveawayer]

I'm new here however, I'm working with an existig stamp and code done by someone else.  When  I post the stamp, the dialog pops up for me to select one checkbox and input text in to 5 text boxes. The other 2 text boxes on the dialog (name, date) are prepopulated (via the code) .  When I click Ok, the stamp only displays the current date and output from one selection.  It is supposed to display:

The checkbox I clicked 

The text I entered in the correspoinding fields 

And the prepopulated name should carryover as well.

Why is only 1 field displaying properly?  

[try67]

The code is not working correctly. Without seeing the stamp file itself we can't help you further with this issue.

Why not ask the person who created it to fix it for you?

[giveawayer]

I've attached the file and the person who created it isnt available.  Thanks for your help.

[try67]

Someone edited the code in the file via the Edit All JavaScripts command, which you should never do (despite its name), and it completely messed it up. I hope you have an earlier version of this file saved, as fixing this issue is not always possible.

[giveawayer]

I do.  The task is to edit or update the stamp.  So I suppose the question is how is the best way to do that?  I  took the flat image.pdf of the stamp and copied then modified the code from the old stamp in to it.

[try67]

Copy the code from field to field. It would be an easier task if all the code was placed under one field, or even as a doc-level script.

[giveawayer]

Doc level...I copied thecode.txt to the Java Scripts folder and changed to .js and I hv it in the stamp. Does it only need to be in one location only?

And all the code should go in one field? Does it matter which?

[Private info removed]

[try67]

Do not edit the code via Edit All JavaScripts! Nor should you copy it from there, as it includes a bunch of tags that you shouldn't enter anywhere else.

Copy the code from each field and place it under one field.

You'll need to adjust all the instances of event.value to this.getField("").value, though.

And don't reply by email. It includes all your private info in the signature and posts it to the forum.

[giveawayer]

Adjust all the instances to match the new field names, correct?

[try67]

Yes.

[giveawayer]

Cool.  Will try later this eve.

[giveawayer]

Thanks!

[giveawayer]

Hi,

So I opened both stamp files and copied code from the textfield properties of the field (it contained all of the code, btw) in to the appropriate field in new stamp (properties, calculate, custom calulated script, edit.  deleted existing code and replaced w/pasted code from old stamp).

Edited pasted code (in that window).  I changed stamp name, added 2 new jsadmdlg1 variables and 2 new getfield lines

Saved file and closed acrobat

Reopend and tried

When I placed stamp the old dialog appeared and when I clicked Ok, the new dialog appeared w/o any of the data I entered.

[try67]

Share the new file with us, please.

[giveawayer]

Attached. 

[try67]

The issues I described before are not fixed in this version.

Look at the top of the Edit All JavaScripts window:

Those tags should not be duplicated. It means the file's internal code structure is corrupt.

[giveawayer]

Is the only solution to start from scratch?

[try67]

Pretty much, yes.

[giveawayer]

I created a new stamp file and copied all of the code to one field.  Then I edited code to reflect the new fields and stamp name.  

When the stamp is placed, the dialog appears, yet when I fill it out, ONLY one field is captured. I don't understand.  The "old" stamp that contains the code works.  Why is the data input not showing up on the new stamp? 

[try67]

Please share the new file.

[giveawayer]

File attached.  

[Bernd Alheit]

Check the console for errors.

[giveawayer]

This is what I get

TypeError: getField(...) is null
286:App:Calculate

[try67]

That means you entered an incorrect field name.

[giveawayer]

Ok.  I will triple check field names.  BUT I have the code in 2 places:

The Custom calculation script of a stamp field and as a .js file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Javascripts 

Is that right?