Adobe form auto populate field.

[Guest]

I have field 1, 2, 3

If I input A in field 1, it will look up from below data and auto fill field2 with value B and field 3 with value C.

A,B,C

D,E,F

This can be an text file or a database.

Is it possible by using javascript? I will create the form using Acrobat DC Pro, and user to open with adobe reader.

Appreciate any help or suggestion, thanks.

[try67]

It's possible with a text file, yes, but the file will have to be attached to the PDF itself. Also, it will require writing a custom-made script to achieve it.

[Guest]

Do you know what script method can I use, for read text data and do the lookup??

Thanks.

[try67]

The basic method to use to read the contents of an attached file is

getDataObjectContents, of the Doc object.

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:11 AM, yfz12832227 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[Guest]

But how do I do the lookup?

[try67]

After you read the contents of the file you need to parse it (for example, if it's a tab-delimited file you split each line using the tab as the delimiter), and then you use a loop to run over this data and look up the values you need.