Clear form when I open a PDF

[Juanki]

Hi everybody, is it possible to clear the fields of a form when I open a PDF document? How? Is it possible in Adobe Javascript?

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[Steve Cordero]

Acrobat DC SDK Documentation

resetForm

3.01

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/acrobat_dc_sdk/2015/HTMLHelp/Acro12_MasterBook/JS_API_AcroJSPre...D

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/acrobat_dc_sdk/2015/HTMLHelp/Acro12_MasterBook/JS_API_AcroJSPre...F

Resets the field values within a document. Resetting a field causes it to take on its default value (which, in the case of text fields, is usually blank).

Note:If the form contains signature fields, signature rights https://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/acrobat_dc_sdk/2015/HTMLHelp/Acro12_MasterBook/JS_API_AcroJSPre...are required to use the method in Adobe Reader.

Parameters

aFields

(optional) An array specifying the fields to reset. If not present or null, all fields in the form are reset. You can include non-terminal fields in the array.

Example 1

Select fields to be reset and reset them.

   var fields = new Array();

   fields[0] = "P1.OrderForm.Description";

   fields[1] = "P1.OrderForm.Qty";

   this.resetForm(fields);

The same fields can be reset using only one line of code:

   this.resetForm(["P1.OrderForm.Description","P1.OrderForm.Qty"]);

Example 2

This example shows how to reset a whole subtree. For example, if you pass “name” as part of the fields array, all name fields, such as name.first and name.last, are reset.

   this.resetForm(["name"]);

[Brendon33094939zzqv]

Thanks, at Document level, below works if you are just wanting to reset one form field on open. Omitting the subtree brackets [ ]

this.resetForm("fieldname"); 

[try67]

Yes, it's possible to do that with a simple script, but you can't apply such a script with the free Reader. Do you have Acrobat? If so, which version?

[jane-e]

Juanki  wrote

is it possible to clear the fields of a form when I open a PDF document?

Hi Juan,

You don't need to write JavaScript, but you do need Acrobat, not the free Reader. Set a Page Property for Page 1 (or whatever page the PDF opens to) in either the Page Thumbnails panel or Organize Pages.

Trigger: Page Open

Action: Reset a form

~ Jane

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[try67]

That will reset the form each time you open page 1, not just when you open the file, though... For example, if you fill in some data, scroll to page 2 and then back to page 1, that data will be gone.

[hpulgam]

Hi, I agree with the @try67 , it resets the form every time I move between pages. What is the best way to clear the form.  Thank You

[Bernd Alheit]

Reset the form at document open.

[Juanki]

It works jane-e​!!

Thanks and regards

[jane-e]

Juanki  wrote

It works jane-e !!

Thanks and regards

Hi

Although it appears to work, try67 is correct — it does not work. If it is a multiple page form, then returning to Page 1 will trigger the Clear Form command. Please mark his answer correct instead.

~ Jane