need to restrict fields to accept text in only one language Arabic only or English only

[mazenm61778883]

I have two pdf forms, one in English language, the other is in Arabic, how to restrict the fields of each form to accept only English text for the fields of the English form, and only Arabic text for the fields of the Arabic form? thank you

[Zaid Al Hilali]

This would be interesting Mazen! I suppose once you create a text field, then any one filling the form can switch to the language of choice with no restriction. I'd also like to get the script if any one helps out.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can use the following code as the custom validation script of your field to reject any values that contain English letters:

if (/[a-z]/gi.test(event.value)) {
    app.alert("Error! This field may not contain any English letters.");
    event.rc = false;
}

And this one to reject any values that contain Arabic letters:

if (/[\u0600-\u06FF]/g.test(event.value)) {
    app.alert("Error! This field may not contain any Arabic letters.");
    event.rc = false;
}

[Zaid Al Hilali]

The script works well, it will not accept English text entry for the first code, and no Arabic in the second. An error will pop up indicating that a wrong language is being used. I changed displayed message to… Arabic Only بالعربية فقط

Thanks try67

[mazenm61778883]

it worked nicely, thank you so much try67

[maxwyss]

The problem is, IMHO, that there are valid accented letters in English, and (assuming) valid latin letters in Arabic text. That would have to be taken care of with additional logic. An additional question is how to treat numbers, particularly if you want to have some calculations involved.

[try67]

My script doesn't reject accented characters in the English field, only those characters that fall within the "block" of Arabic characters in Unicode.

[try67]

Nor does it reject numbers, in either one of the codes.

[maxwyss]

Does it reject accented latin characters in the Arabic field?

[try67]

Yes.