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2010-08-13 16:10:30
arlenejtan
Registered: Aug 13 2010
Posts: 1

Hi guys, I work at a small college in San Diego and after spending half a year or more really working with adobe acrobat 9 they got for us, I was able to successfully create a really nice application earlier this year. I've made very many different improvements on the form since then, at this point the only issue I still have is that the form doesn't clear automatically when it is re-opened. What I mean really is it is not a online application, we have a designated computer where the application file is saved and prospective students fill it out, I put a clear form button at the bottom but they always forget to use it after they are through. The thing is our website doesn't have SSL so they don't want to post the application on our website just yet (they want to do an online application process eventually), so is there a way I can make this work?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.3.1, Windows
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2010-08-13 17:25:29
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gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
Not only do you need to deal with clearing the form upon opening, but if public computers are being used, there could be data stored in the local cache and the auto complete feature of Reader could allow retrieval of a prior user's entries.

[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/ReaderOnPublicComputers.pdf]Adobe Reader 7:
Minimizing Exposure of Personal Information on Public Computers]

You can add the following document level script:

// clear the formthis.resetForm();// Turn off Acrobat’s forms cachingthis.nocache = true;// Turn off Auto-Completethis.noautocomplete = true;

You could even add the clear form code to the will close action.

George Kaiser

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