Fillable forms on IOS

[MadyB88]

Hi All,

I created a fillable form on microsoft but as soon as it's opened on an iPad the "javascript" used for displays and calculations are not working. Where can the problem be? 

[Bernd Alheit]

May be you use Javascript code which is not supported in Acrobat Reader for iOS.

[MadyB88]

It's not complicated Javascript, not even the "clear form" button works.

[Bernd Alheit]

Acrobat Reader for iOS supports this:

https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Mobile/iosapi/index.html 

[Test Screen Name]

Also make sure you do open in Acrobat Reader. The default PDF reader, and the PDF viewer in browsers, is NOT Acrobat Reader.

[Jack157F]

How did you deal with this? Is there something to be downloaded to help?

[Jack157F]

I am having the same problem. My form, which contains lots of Javascript, works fine on my desktop but doesn't even begin to work in my iPad. I've had other reports from the field. Is there a way to deal with this?

[Bernd Alheit]

Following is supported in Acrobat Reader for iOS:

https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Mobile/iosapi/index.html 

[JR Boulay]

Apple and Google have killed Flash Player and also don't want to see (free) interactive PDFs that could replace (paid) Apps overshadow their App Stores.

As a result, JavaScript support in mobile apps is reduced to its strict minimum.

For example, Acrobat's "desktop" JavaScript documentation contains more than 800 pages, while that of the mobile version contains barely 60.

[Jack157F]

I'm getting that picture. I tried downloading one of the Adobe IOS apps. My forms are going out to several hundred parents of four and five year olds. While this generation is pretty computer savvy, integrating this with the workflow is so convoluted that I can't imagine anyone doing it.

It's really a shame.

[Test Screen Name]

", integrating this with the workflow is so convoluted that I can't imagine anyone doing it." Good call. The days when we needed PDF forms are largely gone. Use HTML forms.

[Jack157F]

Is there a product you could recomment?

[Test Screen Name]

For HTML forms design? No, sorry. For HTML form deployment: should work in any major browser including mobile. Of course you need a SUBMIT of the form, and not an email or save.

[Bernd Alheit]

You can look at Adobe Sign.

[Jack157F]

The answer I have found is to use Acrobat on IOS. The means of using it is not intuitively obvious but it works. You download it from the app store and then when you open the form in the email you click on the export button and select "Import to Acrobat".

However, I would urge retesting the form. I have found some nits, like extra spaces here and there, the break the form. But overall, this solution seems to work.