Mandatory Red Boxes

[carrieh17287180]

I'm trying to fill in a form in using Adobe but the mandatory red boxes do not change when I enter the details. Anyone know how to change this.

[try67]

No, that's just how it works. The red border appears no matter if the field is filled in or not.

[carrieh17287180]

When I try to email a copy I get this message:

At least one required field was empty. Please fill in the required fields (highlighted) before continuing.

[try67]

That means you haven't filled-in all of them, but the red color will still appear on all of them, the filled-in ones and the empty ones.

If this is done using a script it's possible to let the user know which exact fields still need to be filled in, and even "jump" to one of them.

[carrieh17287180]

I'm filling in a form I'm trying to send to someone. I've gone through it several times and I'm sure all the boxes are filled in. Thats what is confusing me. Hence I thought the red boxes had something to do with it. Super annoying

[try67]

You can run this code from the JS Console to find out which fields you're still missing:

var doc = this;
var emptyFields = [];
for (var i=0; i<doc.numFields; i++) {
    var f = doc.getField(doc.getNthFieldName(i));
    if (f!=null && f.type!="button" && f.required && f.valueAsString==f.defaultValue) {
        emptyFields.push(f.name);
    }
}
if (emptyFields.length>0) {
    app.alert("You must fill in the following fields:\n" + emptyFields.join("\n"));
} else app.alert("All good!",3);