In Acrobat 8 Professional, is it possible to make conditional fields (without using JavaScript), so that if the user makes a choice within a set of mutually exclusive radio buttons, the rest of the form becomes unnecessary and is grayed out? If this can't be done, is this supported in a newer version?
Also, is there a way to make a form field for a series of numbers--e.g., 9 digits to be entered in 9 boxes in a single form field? I'm currently making a text field for each number, but I've seen hundreds of forms with spaces for letters or numbers so I assume there's a "real" way to do this.
If an upgrade would give me these capabilities, I will try to buy it. Thanks for any advice.
The tutorial "Disabling (Graying-out) Form Fields" with downloadable sample files included to examine the code should be helpful-
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/09/js_disabling_fields
I think for the 9 digit field a "Comb field" might be what you are asking for- add a text field then check the Comb field and enter the number of digits under the Options tab in the text field's Properties dialog.
No need to upgrade for either of those capabilities.
Hope this helps,
Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
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Dimitri Munkirs
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