What JavaScript would I use to add the file name to a Text Field form?

[marionb30742177]

Without being a JavaScript novice, it there a JavaScript that I can cut and past that would automatically add the file name to a Text Field in the form when the form is opened?

Thanks Much.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Yes, this code:

this.getField("Name of field").value = this.documentFileName;

[marionb30742177]

Thank you very much.  Is there a way to have it automatically update without having to click on the text box once the file is opened?

[try67]

You need to place the code as a doc-level field and then it will execute each time the file is opened.

[try67]

If you mean that you want it to update after you save the file under a new name, then you can also put it under the document's Did Save action.

[marionb30742177]

How do you 'place the code as a doc-level field'?

[try67]

Go to Tools - JavaScript - Document JavaScripts and insert it there under a new item called "scripts" (for example).

[marionb30742177]

Sorry if I'm driving you crazy but. I'm in an Adobe Acrobat Pro form.  I'm entering the JavaScript in the text field 'Properties' 'Actions'.  I can't find a Tools - JavaScript - Document JavaScripts anywhere in Adobe.

The text field will populate but only if I click on it manually after I open the form.

[try67]

Don't put the code there. Put it where I specified... Do you see the Tools button in the application? If so, click it and continue from there.

[marionb30742177]

Found it.  Thanks a bunch!