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TM921
Registered: Apr 14 2009
Posts: 11

Hello. I've spent a couple hours browsing the forum with no success. My problem is, I have created a form with about 15 fields. I want 6 of the fields to be required to be filled out. This form will not be submitted electronically, simply printed.
 
1) Is there a way I can prevent the form from being printed without data being entered in the six fields and if so, how?
 
2) Is there a way to force the user to enter data before moving onto the next tabbed field?
 
3) Is there a way to open up a pop-up indicating that a field requires data?
 
Thank you for any assistance.
 
Tom

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8.2.0
try67
Expert
Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
1) Not if the user prints the file from the built-in Print command. In that case all you can do is reset the form just before printing, if the values are not correctly filled-in. Use the WillPrint event of the document for that.
If the user prints from a button that you created then you can decide whether or not to print the file based on some pre-set conditions.
2) Yes, but it's not a very recommended practice. Users don't like to be "stuck" in a certain field without the ability to leave it.
3) Yes. It depends when you want to display it and what kind of information you want it to have, though.

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