Hi there-
I'm new to the community and relatively new to Acrobat Forms/Live Cycle.
Wondering if someone may have the answer to this issue:
We have a job description PDF form that can be filled out by various people within our organization. When they are done, they submit by email. We've decided we'd like to hide a subform from those who fill it out, but show it to the person who receives it (and possibly others).
PROCESS:
- Individual opens PDF form and fills in all fields
- Individual submits by email to person in HR
- HR person receives the PDF and opens it, somehow revealing the hidden subform
What is the correct way to do this? Hidden with password? Or is this only accomplished if the receiver has Acrobat Pro/Live Cycle?
Thank you in advance for your help.
YourSubformName.presence = "visible";
in the Change event.
You can include a button in that subform to re-hide the subform if you like, but remember that all the data entered in those previously-visible fields is still there.
Hiding and displaying elements requires saving the form as a dynamic PDF in Designer, and so viewers will need at least Reader 8.1, I believe. Not sure on the exact version.
If you're concerned about users who have LiveCycle Designer seeing the password in your script, add password security to the file, as per Jenn94's answer to me here.