Using checkboxes for form actions

[jwklenner]

Hello,

Is there a simple way to have a Yes checkbox add additional questions to a form? My current form for proposals is 22 pages long and creating a form with sections that only appear with Yes answers would be appreciated by the campus. I've tried searching through the different apps and as a novice, thought it best to seek asisstance. Thank you ahead of time.

[Jeffrey_A_Wright]

Jwklenner, what Adobe application or service is your question in relation too?

[jwklenner]

Hi Jeff,

I'm using Adobe Acrobat DC in the Creative Cloud. I've added the Tools Action Wizard, Prepare Form, and Create Custom Tool in the hopes I could figure it out myself.

Thanks and hope that helps.

[JR Boulay]

Yes and no.
No if you want to add zones like in an HTML form.
Yes if you want to add a page containing additional fields to fill in.

In PDF forms the root unit is the page, and we cannot do otherwise.

[jwklenner]

Thank you JR and it is good to know that is possible.

However, as a novice I'm having difficulty getting this procedure to work. I've tried the Prepare Form tool and added a checkbox. I selected Mouse Enter as the trigger and Show/hide field as the Select Action. Is this the proper path? I could not find anything on this topic in the online help.

Thanks again.

[JR Boulay]

You must search about "Template":

-https://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/acrobat_dc_sdk/2015/HTMLHelp/Acro12_MasterBook/JS_API_AcroJS/Te...

- https://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/acrobat_dc_sdk/2015/HTMLHelp/index.html#rhhlterm=template&rhsyn...

[Thom Parker]

Read This:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/show_hide_fields/

Showing and hiding entire parts of a PDF is not easy to setup , but it is possible using OCGs

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/create_use_layers/

You can script both hiding and showing page content and form fields. But you can also attache OCGs to form fields. This is not a feature that is available from the Acrobat UI. You'll find a 3rd party plug-in that provides this capability here:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/programs/downloadsearch.cfm?keywords=ocg&searchtype=keyword&sear...