Clear form when I open a PDF

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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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?

Acrobat DC SDK Documentation

resetForm

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_AcroJSPreface/Quick_bars.htm#HT_Column4are required to use the method in Adobe Reader.

Parameters

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"]);