Greetings-
I am a beginner with Adobe Acrobat and need some help. I have completed the design of my form and would like to install one more feature to it. There are three text boxes on page 2 of my form and would like to be able to have these be expanding textboxes allowing the user to type as much as needed into the text box and thus expanding the box down if there is too much content. I did a little researc and it seems that I need to install flowed subforms for this feature to work using Adobe LiveCycle Design ES2. I spent some time trying to get it to work and have had no luck. Can someone please help??? I wanted to attach my form in the forum but I don't think they allow you to. I am willing to email it to anyone willing to help me out....
Help with inserting flowed subform
2011-03-02 10:40:58
My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
2011-03-04 07:05:00
#2
Hi Thom,
I've been reading your posts and find them helpful. I am working in Designer 7 and have created a dynamic interactive form (5 pages) with both content flow and position fields (wrapped in flow subforms). I have followed all the prescribed directions for the root subform and all text fields. Mostly it's working well. However, when one of my page 2 text fields expands to the following page, it doesn't continue to expand without the scroll bar. The last 2 pages are set to flow onto the top of the next page (as I need them to) and so a new page is created "mid-document" (I guess). I think it's this page that is creating the expansion problem. Can you help? Thanks!!
Diane
Windows 7 OS
I've been reading your posts and find them helpful. I am working in Designer 7 and have created a dynamic interactive form (5 pages) with both content flow and position fields (wrapped in flow subforms). I have followed all the prescribed directions for the root subform and all text fields. Mostly it's working well. However, when one of my page 2 text fields expands to the following page, it doesn't continue to expand without the scroll bar. The last 2 pages are set to flow onto the top of the next page (as I need them to) and so a new page is created "mid-document" (I guess). I think it's this page that is creating the expansion problem. Can you help? Thanks!!
Diane
Windows 7 OS
2011-03-04 08:39:35
#3
Diane, a multiline text field will display a scroll bar as the user types data into it. It only expands after the user exits the field. Is this the behavior you are seeing? If not, then unfortunately it's difficult to tell why a complex form exhibits odd behavior without examining it. And if you have 5 pages, then you've got a fairly complex LiveCycle form. But there is something you can look at. Create a simpler test form. One that recreates the same problem configuration on the current form, but without any of the other fields. Figure out what configurations work and which ones don't.
2011-03-04 08:42:03
#4
The text fields are displaying correctly upon exiting, except this one. Does the new page created when it expands continue the same settings in the subforms?
2011-03-04 09:09:58
#5
It should, yes.
2011-03-04 10:51:14
#6
Thanks for the help Thom. Whatever was ailing it yesterday evening has been "self-corrected" today. I haven't changed aything and its all working correctly. Is there a reboot issue with Windows 7 or something? I do have one other question. Hopefully an easy one. How can I get the electronic signature fields in this form to used mutliple times. This is an online application and is used by a lot of different organizations. Thanks again!
Diane
Diane
2011-03-04 12:21:20
#7
You may have done something you didn't realize, or restarting LiveCycle may have done the trick, it's hard to tell. I doubt it has anything to do with Win7.
The signature question is a different issue. Please create a new thread.
The signature question is a different issue. Please create a new thread.
Make sure you save the form as Dynamic,
and also watch this video: Extending LiveCycle forms with JavaScript
Thom Parker
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