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Importing Data into form fields

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2007-10-30 09:43:45
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Registered: Oct 30 2007
Posts: 4

Hi,

I am new to acrobat and I am trying to disover whether something is possible.

I am creating an order form consisting of seven fields. The first is a primary product number the rest are secondary product numbers which are chidren of the primary.I have his product info in excel.

Firstly I want to create a drop down menu based on this data without having to type it.

Secondly I want to link the children with the parent. I do not want customers to be able to select secondary products which are not related to the chosen primary product.

I am using acrobat pro 8

Many thanks

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2008-01-04 15:02:35
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tedpadova
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Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
First off, there's no easy way to import data from Excel into a Combo Box in Acrobat. You can use a workaround using OpenOfficeOrg Writer but Acrobat won't help you.

You can accomplish the second part of your question using a JavaScript. Download my 101FormseTips.pdf file from Acrobat Users and look over tip #78 for the JS code.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

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