How require ALL req fields to be completed before show submit button?

You need to run some script to test if all of the required fields have been filed in with a non-default value.

Beware that the Acrobat JavaScirpt does not return a status value for the 'submitForm' for you to check.

Thank you gkaiseril,

I was afraid of that. I'm new to Acroforms and don't know javascript.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Jesse

I have done my best to learn a bit of code but need some help. I am trying to ensure all required fields are complete before submitting PDF by email. Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

var RequiredFields = new Array(6);
RequiredFields[0] = "reason";
RequiredFields[1] = "first_name";
RequiredFields[2] = "last";
RequiredFields[3] = "birthday";
RequiredFields[4] = "initials";
RequiredFields[5] = "agree";


var AlertMsg = new Array(6);
AlertMsg[0] = "Please complete the reason why you came to our office.";
AlertMsg[1] = "Please enter your first name.";
AlertMsg[2] = "Please enter your last name";
AlertMsg[3] = "Please enter your birthday.";
AlertMsg[4] = "Please enter your initials.";
AlertMsg[5] = "Please complete agreement section.";

var bSuccess=True
var emptyTest = /^\s*$/;
var fieldCount = RequiredFields.length
var fld = 0;

for (var i=0; i < fieldCount; i++)
{
fld = this.getField(RequiredFields[i]);
if( emptyTest.test(fld.value) ) // if required field is empty
{
bSuccess=false;
app.alert(alertMsg[i]);
fld.setFocus();
break;
}}
if(bSuccess)

var cToAddr = "email1 [at] email [dot] com";var cCCAddr = "email2 [at] email [dot] com";var cSubLine = "Registration form returned from "
+ this.getField("first_name").value + " "
+ this.getField("last").value;

this.mailDoc ({bUI: true, cTo: cToAddr, cCc: cCCAddr,
cSubject: cSubLine,});

You had a number of typos and I fixed a few other things. It may not work exactly as you intended, but it should work. Some of the changes I made were to suit my programming style and simplify a bit.


(function () {

var RequiredFields = ["reason", "first_name", "last", "birthday", "initials", "agree"];

var AlertMsg = [
"Please complete the reason why you came to our office.",
"Please enter your first name.",
"Please enter your last name",
"Please enter your birthday.",
"Please enter your initials.",
"Please complete agreement section."
];

var bSuccess = true;
var fieldCount = RequiredFields.length;
var fld;

for (var i = 0; i < fieldCount; i++) {fld = getField(RequiredFields[i]);

if (!fld.valueAsString) { // if required field is empty
bSuccess = false;
app.alert(AlertMsg[i]);
}
}

if (bSuccess) {

var cToAddr = "email1 [at] email [dot] com";
var cCCAddr = "email2 [at] email [dot] com";
var cSubLine = "Registration form returned from " + getField("first_name").value + " " + getField("last").value;
mailDoc ({bUI: true, cTo: cToAddr, cCc: cCCAddr, cSubject: cSubLine,});

} else {

// Set focus to last empty field detected
fld.setFocus();
}

})();

Unfortunately, this darn new forum software mangled that a bit, but hopefully you'll get the idea.

You rock George! Thanks, it works like a charm. I really appreciate it.

Actually, the setFocus part is wrong, as it doesn't go to the last empty field detected, but the last field tested. But you should be able to fix that.