Fillable Form - Duplicate Fields & Read-Only

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March 22, 2018
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I have created a fillable form that has three tear-off vouchers. There are three input fields on each voucher.

However, I want the "parent" fields on the first voucher to be editable, and the "child" fields on the other two vouchers to be read-only.
This is to avoid any user error, including accidental tabbing, typos, or deletion.

Even if HTML or Javascript is necessary, is there a way to do this?

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Correct answer try67

You can use a simple script to do it. If the first field is called Text1 enter this code as the custom calculation script of the other fields, and set them as read-only:

event.value = this.getField("Text1").valueAsString;

try67

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You can use a simple script to do it. If the first field is called Text1 enter this code as the custom calculation script of the other fields, and set them as read-only:

event.value = this.getField("Text1").valueAsString;

GrDz17Author

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It works perfectly for the first two text fields (Address, City). Thanks a lot, try67!

However, I'm having problems using it with the last field, a phone number.

Does it make a difference if that field's Format is Special > Phone Number?

try67

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Yes, because the value that is being copied is not formatted. You should apply the same format to the target fields, and then it should work.

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