Changing Form attributes on a PDF form

[ballj_35]

Everyone,

  I have 3 challenges that I am trying to get past and would liek some assistance.  I am using Adobe Acrobat X for creating this form.

1.  When I come into the form, I have some fields which should be protected and in a Grey (light) font.  Then if the user selects Yes in the radio button for a question, then the other fields will change the font to a darker scheme and become unprotected and required for entry.  If they select No, then these fields stay protected and then they can click on the button to send the information as an email.  I.E. For the question, do you have a trade, if Yes, then change the font to a darker scheme and unprotect year/make/model and they become required.  If they select No, then they stay protected.

2.  How do I create a button for the user to click on and send the form as an email to a specific person.  I would want to verify on the form that all required fields are entered before sending the form as an email to this person.

3.  How do I make all the fields contents cleared upon entry into a form?

  These are the areas I am having challenges with.  I look forward to some assistance in getting this complete.  Thanx in advance.

Jerry

[try67 · Accepted solution]

All of this is possible, but requires some scripting know-how.

For #1 see the following tutorials:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/conditional-execution

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/change_another_field

For #2 you can just add a button with a "Submit Form" command. At the target URL enter "mailto:me@server.com" (without the quotes, and with the actual email address, of course). It will validate that all the required fields are filled-in before submitting the form.

I don't quite understand what you mean by #3... Do you want to clear the form fields each time the file is opened? That will cause a lot of issues for the users and I would recommend against it. Instead, add a Reset button, or set the form to clear after it is submitted (although that could bother users who want to keep a saved copy of the file they sent). At any rate, I would not recommend you do it without the user's consent.

[ballj_35]

  I thank you for the information.  I will read the documenation and implement it.  Yes, each time the form is opened, I would want the fields & radio buttons to be empty.  I may do as you suggested with a rest button after the email has been sent.  I look forward to working on this.  Thanx in advance.

Jerry

[try67]

If you really want to do it then you can do so by embedding the following code as a doc-level script (via Tools - JavaScript - Document JavaScripts):

this.resetForm();

[ballj_35]

okay thank you

[ballj_35]

These links sound great, but I cannot get to them.  Do you have a way for me to be able to read this information?

For #1 see the following tutorials:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/conditional-execution

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/change_another_field

  Thanx in advance.

Jerry

[try67]

That's a real bummer. We were promised those tutorials will remain available... I'm trying to get them restored, but in the meantime you can find them cached in Google.