Javascript Date

Your code in the "Custom Calculation script" runs only when a field has been modified, so it will not run upon initialization. You want a script the that will run on the document opening. This is usually coded as a document level script. One could make this script run if the field's default value is empty or if a document level variable indicating initialization is false.

From the Acrobat JS Reference, the util.prind description describes using the "dddd" string in the cFormat option for the long day to the date string.

You can use the identity parameter, to get, who is currently logged on on the machine.

Example:
console.println("Your name is " + identity.loginName);

Because of Adobe's security restrictions for PDF I don't think there is a solution without a folder level script for this request.

Radzmar,

You refer to a folder level script. What do you mean by this?

If i had a group of users accessing a pdf from a shared network drive, could your 'folder level script' provide a solution?

J

Folder level scripts reside in one of the Acrobat/Reader application installation folders, This can be the "JavaScripts" in the program location file or in the user application folders. You will need to know the OS being used, the version of Acrobat/Reader. More information is contained in the Acrobat JS API Reference.

Thom Parker has written:

[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/folder_level_scripts]Entering Folder Level Scripts[/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2008/10/using_trusted_functions]Using Trusted Functions[/url]

I have previously posted [url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=18384]How to Capture UserID and Add to Form[/url] that has sample scripts.

The above solution might also require that your users complete the identity object items in their application's preferences.

Adobe has restricted access to the 'identity' object because Acrobat/Reader and be opened within a web browser accessing a PDF on an server that is under the control of who knows and that could disclose one's userID and email. The userID is one piece of data for breaking into a system and disclosing the email address is an open invitation to spam. Your system admin would not like the userid's being disclosed and you might not like getting your email in box filled with spam.