Document will print

[blenkhn1]

There is a tool for "documents will print", I would like to clear all default place holders.  is this possible?

I found and modified this script and I added in an alert and the default values are not deleted,

for ( var i = 0; i < this.numFields; i++) {
var fname = this.getNthFieldName(i);
var ffield = this.getField(fname);
console.println("fname: "+ fname + " - ffield.value: " + ffield.value);
if (ffield != null && ffield.value==ffield.defaultValue) {
ffield.value = "";
}
}

[try67]

The code seems fine. Where exactly did you place it, and what is the result of running it?

Also, are there error message in the JS Console?

[blenkhn1]

the code is placed in the Document Actions under "Document Will Print" as I want the defaults to be cleared before it prints

[blenkhn1]

The error I get is "InvalidSetError: Set not possible, invalid or unknown"

[try67]

You should exclude buttons and signature fields from your loop.

[blenkhn1]

this makes sense.  Dropdowns and checkboxes too?

[try67]

That's up to you, but you must exclude buttons and signatures because they have no default value.

[blenkhn1]

You are a master thanks very much for your sugestion.

[blenkhn1]

A portion of the problem is that there are periods and spaces in the field names.  IS there a quick javascript that I can run to remove these?  There seems to be a replace function, except it doesn't seem to work with changing the names.  I found a setAttribute in regular javascript except there doesn't seem to be one in acrobat javascript.

[blenkhn1]

Interestingly enough I got a Adobe Acrobat popup saying "Do you really want to execute the script: App:Init?  Executing it could interfere with teh debugging session currently under way."

[blenkhn1]

Is it possible that my onfocus behavior is conflicting with this process?