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Tab Stops on duplicate text boxes

wislndixie
Registered: Oct 3 2006
Posts: 125
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I've got a simple form with two parts (section 1&2). In section 1 I have two text boxes named "Income" & "Expense". In section 2 I put duplicate text boxes with the same names as in section 1. The reason for this was when I entered my data into the two text fields in section 1, I wanted the same data to appear in the text boxes in section 2. So far so good and it works perfectly EXCEPT, now when I tab from section 1 down to section 2 my tab stops at the boxes in section 2 that already contain the data I need. What I'm trying to accomplish is stop or delete the tab stops in the two text fields in section 2. I don't need to tab stop at those two boxes since they already contain the data from section 1. Sorry I'm so long winded but any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.1.3, Windows
George_Johnson
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Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1875
Accepted Answer
You can give the fields in section 2 different names (e.g., Income2, Expense2) and make them read-only. Then in the Validate event of each section 1 fields use a custom JavaScript like:

// Copy value entered to the corresponding section 2 field
getField("Income2").value = event.value;