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2008-09-25 08:51:57
Dmrose
Registered: Sep 22 2008
Posts: 21

I'm not sure how to explain this but I'll try.

I have a fillable form I have created in which our clients must fill out their name (Applicant) and the name of their project (PRoject Title).

On page 8 of the document, right next to Project Title, I would fill in the appropriate title name. But it would automatically fill in that same project title under Applicant on the following page.

So on page 8, I have John Smith as Applicant. Project Title is ACME RESEARCH.

On page 9, The Project Title shows John Smith has been automatically filled out. If I erase John Smith from Project Title on page 9, it erases him from Applicant on page 8.

What did I do wrong? I have not linked these pages together in the creating of this document.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.0, Windows
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2008-09-25 09:11:36
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George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
The fields probably have the same name. If you give them unique names, it will behave as you want.

George
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2008-09-25 09:15:26
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Dmrose
Registered: Sep 22 2008
Posts: 21
Except that the response for Project Title on page 8 shows up as the response for Applicant Name on page 9
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2008-09-25 12:40:56
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George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
What are the names of the fields on page 8 and page 9?

George
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2008-09-25 16:56:22
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Dmrose
Registered: Sep 22 2008
Posts: 21
I have the document posted online.

http://www.marchofdimes.com/files/chapterFiles/grantspkg_pub_0002.pdf

If you go to this address, and check page 8 and 9 against each other, you will see that the field names are different, yet they are linked to each other somehow. I'm not sure what I did here.
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2008-09-25 17:45:49
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George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1876
On page 8, the field name for the "Applicant Organization" field is "Text1", "Project Title" is "Text2", and "Contact name" field is "Text4".

On page 9 the field name for the "Project Title" is "Text1", and "Applicant" is "Text2", and "Contact name" field is "Text4".

So you do have duplicate field name for different fields. You've switched the field names for the "Applicant Organization" and "Project Title" fields.

George
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2008-09-26 06:56:19
#6
Dmrose
Registered: Sep 22 2008
Posts: 21
I think that did it. Thanks for your help!
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2008-10-07 08:51:53
#7
cramia
Registered: Oct 6 2008
Posts: 33
Dmrose wrote:
I'm not sure how to explain this but I'll try.I have a fillable form I have created in which our clients must fill out their name (Applicant) and the name of their project (PRoject Title).

On page 8 of the document, right next to Project Title, I would fill in the appropriate title name. But it would automatically fill in that same project title under Applicant on the following page.

So on page 8, I have John Smith as Applicant. Project Title is ACME RESEARCH.

On page 9, The Project Title shows John Smith has been automatically filled out. If I erase John Smith from Project Title on page 9, it erases him from Applicant on page 8.

What did I do wrong? I have not linked these pages together in the creating of this document.
When you created the document you copied the field to use it later in the document...therefor the field content has to be the SAME in every page of the document.

I made that mistake one trying to save time not realizing that what I was doing was DUPLICATING the field.

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Cramia

CRamia
New York

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2008-10-08 13:07:56
#8
nelsond
Registered: Jan 30 2007
Posts: 23
I read all the dialog on the above but I have a scenario where the same form is added several times to a larger electronic file meaning that in policy creation one form is inserted after the other and the same policy can have the same form with different information on it. I understand that the field name has to be different but if we have to use the same form 50 times on a policy we would have to save it 50 times with different field name. Is there another way?

I work for an insurance company and we create our electronic policy that we send out via email using Adobe 8 Professional. We love it. We have been working with interactive forms and decided to make our ISO Forms interactive by creating text fields at the bottom for entry as well as a variety of schedules.

Then the File I add with different information inserted and different file name automatically takes the information from page one and populates it.

Is there another way to use the same document multiple times without it overwriting?

Debra Nelson
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2008-10-08 23:51:30
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maxwyss
Registered: Jul 25 2006
Posts: 255
Having the same page/form within the same document, but different field content is very well possible. You would turn your page(s) to Templates, hide them, and "spawn" them when you need it.

In the JavaScript command to "spawn" (create a new page from the Template), you have the option to directly keep the field names, or to make unique field names (which contain the page number and name of the template). If you do this, there will not be any interaction between the field values of the various copies of the same template page.

Hope this can help

Max Wyss.
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