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Use a script to enable a button when pressed to duplicate the information in a text field to another

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Nov 14, 2019 Nov 14, 2019

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I want to create a Button to automate a task for me. When the button is pressed in duplicates the infomation that has been entered . So the form is filled in and TextField 1 at the press of a button populates TextField 2 .

does anyone know the code to do this or could point me in the right direction on how to learn to do this? 

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This is a very basic operation. You should definately spend some time to learn a bit about scripting in Acrobat. It'll help with all kinds of tasks.

You'll find everything you need to perform this simple task here:

Watch the video on "Introduction to form scripting" and "Form Scripting Basics"

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Free_Videos.cfm#FormJS

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
Use the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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