Creating an Email Address Format to the text box Formatting

Right click the Text field for the Email address entry. Click Properties from the drop down list. Click the Validate tab, find the Run Custom Validation script then click the edit button. Paste this code in the box and close.

var re = /^\S+@\S+\.\w{3}$/
var re2 = /^\w+([-_]\w+)*@\w+(\.\w{2,3})+$/

if (re.test(event.value) == false) {
app.alert("\"" + event.value + "\" is not a valid email address.")
app.beep()
}Note: Make this field and the following Name field required fields.

var re = /^[A-Z][a-z]+ [A-Z][a-z]+$/

if (re.test(event.value) == false) {
app.alert("That does not appear to be a valid name. I need a first and last name.")
app.beep()
}

The above code works, but only for emails with a format name [at] domain [dot] comIt doesn't work for an email such as name [dot] surname [at] domain [dot] com [dot] au
It beeps as if it is invalid.

What code do I need to add/change in order to get it to allow more formats of emails?

Spanners asked a question about futher validation for emails like
name [dot] surname [at] domain [dot] com [dot] auis there any validation code like this?

thanks.

Have to have this done by Monday.

This code will do the trick :


;-)

Merlin
Maybe you also can solve my problem. I have pdf with some hundred e-mail addresses in a column in both format name [at] company [dot] domain .and name [dot] name [at] company [dot] domain.The document is imported to Adobe 7 Standard as a .pdf-file.

When I use the command Create links from URL-addresses in the document under the menu Advanced, it is just the name to the left on @ is shown in the URL-address not name.name.

I I have an address with a number of dots but not any @ it works fine as www.name.name.name.name
Do you have a script also for this problem?

Hello Merlin,
I used your code above for email validation in Acrobat Pro 9 and it works beautifully!

However, I am using it in a saveable fillin form and, after saving an email address in the form, Acrobat Reader will not let me (or anyone else potentially filling out the form) clear the email text field. Do you know of any way to change the code above to make it possible to clear the email text field after having saved it? Sure would appreciate your help if possible. Thanks!

Tim

I was trying to accomplish the same thing, Tim, when I came across these examples. Here is how I solved the problem using a combination of Merlin's code and pddesigner's code:

Works great....Thanks, itwmecheng!