Auto Date Field

Try this function. It may fix that problem.

// variable to store whether document has been opened already or not
var bAlreadyOpened;

function docOpened()
{

if(bAlreadyOpened != "true")
{
// document has just been opened
var d = new Date();
var sDate = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", d);
this.getField("todaysDate").value = sDate;

// now set bAlreadyOpened to true so it doesn't
// run again
bAlreadyOpened = "true";
}
else
{
// document has already been opened
}
}

// call the docOpened() function
docOpened();

I've provided links to two examples you can examine and modify the codes to suit your objective.

These two examples were developed with Acroat JavaScript. They have not been tested with LiveCycle Designer.
If you want to do this in LiveCycle, you need to download the Javascript Reference Guide for converting Acrobat Javascript to LiveCycle Javascript and modify the code accordingly.

About dateDialog.pdf - You could user this example to ask the user to enter the date in the dialog box that popups and the entry will be placed in the form field on the page. You could add a validation script to makes sure only a date is entered and in what format.

[url=http://wl.filegenie.com/~pdfmaker/dateDialog.pdf]http://wl.filegenie.com/~pdfmaker/dateDialog.pdf[/url]

About the date.pdf - This example could be used as a page open action or a document level script. Every time the page is opened, the current date is filled in the form field.

[url=http://wl.filegenie.com/~pdfmaker/date.pdf]http://wl.filegenie.com/~pdfmaker/date.pdf[/url]

I will gladly assist you with getting these scripts to work if this is what you'd like to do. Contact me at [url=mailto:pdfdesign [at] msn [dot] com]pdfdesign [at] msn [dot] com[/url]

Did anyone get this to work? It updates the date each time I open the file. I placed the code in the Document Processing > Document Javascripts section. I am trying to do the exact same thing as Shari. Thanks in advance.