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I use the following script to dynamically make a button add a text field.

New Here ,
Aug 15, 2019 Aug 15, 2019

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var f = this.addField("myfield","text",0,[0,792,126,770]);

    f.borderColor = color.black;

    f.textSize=12;

    f.textColor=color.black;

It works fine but positions the text field in the top corner of the page, whereas with LiveCycle it was simple to make a new field below an existing one, then another each time the button was clicked. Can anyone help me with this please?

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Community Expert , Aug 16, 2019 Aug 16, 2019

You can use other values for the parameter "oCoords".

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Aug 16, 2019 Aug 16, 2019

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You can use other values for the parameter "oCoords".

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Thank you both for your replies. Your solutions work for the first instance but how do you then add subsequent instances and then later remove them if they're not needed? I found how to unhide then hide a page which is sort of a solution but rather cumbersome, a row by row solution is what I'm striving for, maybe it's not possible with Acrobat DC?

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You need to either create the fields in advance and then show/hide them as needed, or add them (using addField) and delete them (using removeField) as needed. This is not a simple task, though, because each time you remove a field from the middle of the "table" you'll need to move all the ones after it up, to take its place.

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If you want to place the field under another field then you need to first read the rect property of the first field, adjust it by changing the y coordinates (1 and 3 in the rect array) to new values, and then use that when creating your new field.

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