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Mark as read-only without digital signature

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
October 27, 2016
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Hello,

I know you can mark fields in a form as read-only with the digital signature properties.

Now i have a form where i must mark some fields as read-only, but i don't want to use the digital signature for that.

Is it possible to mark fields in a form as read-only without using the digital signature. Maybe a button?

Kind regards,

Jarno

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JarnoVeenstraAuthor

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I have found a javascript:

this.getField("FieldNameHere").readonly = true;

It works for 1 field. Now i will try to add more then one field to the script (don't know how at the moment )

But i will try

G

George_Johnson

Inspiring

You can use a script like the following to set all fields in the document to read-only:

for (var i = 0; i < numFields; i += 1) {

getField(getNthFieldName(i)).readonly = true;

}

JarnoVeenstraAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thanks Bernd.

Then is that a option

one problem, person A doesn't have Adobe Pro (only the reader).

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

You can also use JavaScript.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Tools > Prepare Form

In the properties of the fields you can check "Read Only".

JarnoVeenstraAuthor

Participating Frequently

But then is it not possible to add some text to that field.

My form =>

Person A will add some text to the form and send it to person B.

Person B must sign the form. But i want that the information is read-only before sending to person B. (whitout a digital signature Person A). Is that possible?

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Check "Read Only" after adding the text.

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