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2009-04-11 08:21:44
Elya42
Registered: Mar 3 2009
Posts: 59
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I have multiple PDF documents in a portfolio. Each PDF has a text box that needs to share the same data. I have given the text boxes the same name but the data is not to be found in the other text boxes. Is it even possible to make this function happen?

Elaine M

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1, Macintosh
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2009-04-11 09:42:28
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Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi Elya42,

No, if they are separate PDFs then that won't work. Only text fields with the same name in a single PDF will populate when data is entered into one of the fields.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.windjack.com
www.pdfscripting.com

Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
pdfscripting.com

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2009-04-14 05:06:18
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Merlin
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Mar 1 2006
Posts: 766
Using JavaScript you can :

- initiate a "global" variable (containing data) when the Portfolio is opened
- get data from the global var and put it into the text field when the PDF is opened

JRB

abracadabraPDF.net

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