Form drop down not populating second dropdown in any inline browser PDF viewers

[webpointz1961]

Does anyone have a fix for this issue? I have an acroscript using LiveCycle that when you select from one dropdown list it uses switch / case to populate a second list, only it works in a PDF reader but not if any browser opens it inline.

For an example, try opening the PDFs in the following page and drop down lists lose functionality.

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/js_list_combo_livecycle/

Thanks

Michael

[Joel_Geraci]

If you are not controlling the PDF viewing experience, you can't control the behavior of forms in the browser. Take a look at Adobe Embed API for displaying PDF in the browser. It supports dropdown lists.

[try67]

Does it support LCD forms, though?

[webpointz1961]

I don't think it matters that it's Livecycle.

I added the example PDF above to my site and loaded it inside the Adobe PDF embed API viewer and it gives the error message "This document contains some form fields that are not supported in the viewer. Please use Adobe Acrobat Reader to fill the form.".

Example: http://www.mejkaal.com/ListPrograming_Part1_AcroForm.html

I don't believe the PDF in the above link is Livecycle.

[webpointz1961]

Totally understand, however, all of the top browsers use an embedded API for viewing and I was wondering if this issue is related to Livecycle because the example I gave is a post from this form that also has the same issue.

[JR Boulay]

No browser supports XFA-PDF forms

[webpointz1961]

thanks

[webpointz1961]

The only thing is, that the example I gave in the link opens a PDF created in 2007 by Thom Parker and I don't believe THAT PDF is XFA. In fact, I believe it's just a PDF with simple Acroscript.

[Joel_Geraci]

You need to be a bit more specific than that. Static XFA is "supported" by browsers that support AcroForms because the AceroForm fields are generally present. It's only the scripting that is not supported. No browser supports Dynamic XFA.

[JR Boulay]

No browser supports all AcroForms specifications.

Copy and paste this URL into Google Translate to find out the extent of the problem:

https://www.abracadabrapdf.net/ressources-et-tutos/js-et-formulaires-ressources/forcer-utilisation-p...

[webpointz1961]

I understand that but even the Adobe Embed PDF API doesn't support it and that is not browser dependent.

[Thom Parker]

The fact is that fully interactive and scripted PDFs are only supported by a small set of desktop PDF viewers. There's no getting around it. I'm sure that one day more viewers on more platforms like mobile and browser will support these features, but right now they just don't. Until that time you should either try to force users to use a desktop viewer, or develop the interactivity to target the intended platforms.  

[webpointz1961]

Thanks Thom