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AUTO POPULATE FORM FIELDS WITH CHECK BOX

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2010-02-22 12:59:13
mraheelgujjar
Registered: May 23 2009
Posts: 17
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Hi, i am in desperate need of help. I am creating a form with multiple fields. Some of these fields MAY have identical information like name, state, city etc. What i want is that if i check a "check box", these field get auto populated by data already present in other fields. If i leave the "checkbox" unchecked, then the user can fill in the fields. How can this be done with Acrobat pro form designing.
Thanx. Waiting for ur reples.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
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2010-02-22 13:09:30
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Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi mraheelgujjar,

What you want to do is possible and has been discussed here before. A search on "auto populate fields" in the Forum Search yielded this-
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=21494

among other threads on this same type request.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
pdfscripting.com

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2010-02-22 14:27:09
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mraheelgujjar
Registered: May 23 2009
Posts: 17
hi, when i pasted the code given, the behavoir is strange. When the checkbox is checked, nothing happens. But when mouse is moved ove it, then data appears. Help please.
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2010-02-22 19:50:31
#3
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Sounds like you put the code in the wrong event. For a check box you'll want to put the code in the MouseUp event.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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2010-11-17 15:56:00
#4
dgamble
Registered: Nov 17 2010
Posts: 1
Help! I am running into the same issue, however, I searched the Forums and was not able to find anything. Is there a live post on how to do this?
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