I am somewhat new to the Livecycle Designer software and have a technical question that I can't find a previous answer too while seearching this forum. I have created a form using Adobe Livecycle Designer 7.0. In this from I have a line of text telling the reader to check a checkbox if a certain type of test is required. I have created another form specific to this test. What I want to happen when the user clicks on the checkbox is that the other form opens up in another window, so that he can then fill that form out. I thought this would be a simple task in this software, but cannot for the life of me figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Linking One Form to Another
2007-11-14 13:07:13
2007-11-15 19:24:22
#2
Ikassuba,
Yes, I am creating the form for use in Acrobat/Reader. I have no problem inserting links into standard .pdf files, it is only the forms I create in Livecycle Designer that I have the problem with. The only difference I see between the two types of .pdf files is that those created with Livecycle contain interactive fields, whereas the standard .pdf files do not. When opening the form I created in Adobe Reader, the 'Link Tool' is grayed out and cannot be selected. That being said, I followed the link you provided and was able to get a link to a webpage to work properly using the code:
xfa.host.gotoURL( "http://www.cnn.com" , 0 ). However, I am still undable to figure out how to link to another .pdf file. I tried both:
xfa.host.gotoURL( "C:\Harvey\Decatur's PQR Master Form v00.pdf" , 1 )
and
xfa.host.setFocus("C:\Harvey\Decatur's PQR Master Form v00.pdf")
with no luck. Is this the proper code? Any more suggestions?
Yes, I am creating the form for use in Acrobat/Reader. I have no problem inserting links into standard .pdf files, it is only the forms I create in Livecycle Designer that I have the problem with. The only difference I see between the two types of .pdf files is that those created with Livecycle contain interactive fields, whereas the standard .pdf files do not. When opening the form I created in Adobe Reader, the 'Link Tool' is grayed out and cannot be selected. That being said, I followed the link you provided and was able to get a link to a webpage to work properly using the code:
xfa.host.gotoURL( "http://www.cnn.com" , 0 ). However, I am still undable to figure out how to link to another .pdf file. I tried both:
xfa.host.gotoURL( "C:\Harvey\Decatur's PQR Master Form v00.pdf" , 1 )
and
xfa.host.setFocus("C:\Harvey\Decatur's PQR Master Form v00.pdf")
with no luck. Is this the proper code? Any more suggestions?
2007-11-16 04:29:18
#3
If you're using xfa.host.gotoURL then you'll need to use a URL not pathname:
( "http://www.cnn.com/Master Form.pdf" , 0 )
If you're linking to a PDF not URL, you can use the following:
xfa.host.setFocus("FormName.PageName.FieldName")
( "http://www.cnn.com/Master Form.pdf" , 0 )
If you're linking to a PDF not URL, you can use the following:
xfa.host.setFocus("FormName.PageName.FieldName")
2007-11-18 19:14:30
#4
Ikassuba,
I tried the code xfa.host.setFocus("FormName.PageName.FieldName") and was only able to get it to work while creating a link from one part of a form to another part of the SAME form (i.e. the 1st page to the 4th page of the same form). I am still unable to figure out a way to link from one .pdf file to another .pdf file. I may not have been clear up to now, but I am not trying to link within the same file, but instead from one file to another (i.e. from Test1.pdf to Test2.pdf). Any furhter suggestions?
I tried the code xfa.host.setFocus("FormName.PageName.FieldName") and was only able to get it to work while creating a link from one part of a form to another part of the SAME form (i.e. the 1st page to the 4th page of the same form). I am still unable to figure out a way to link from one .pdf file to another .pdf file. I may not have been clear up to now, but I am not trying to link within the same file, but instead from one file to another (i.e. from Test1.pdf to Test2.pdf). Any furhter suggestions?
2007-11-19 06:41:47
#5
You can try using the Javascipt for launching a PDF in a browser in the Livecycle click event. For example:
app.launchURL("http://www.adobe.com/epaper/spotlights/acrfaa/pdfs/acrfaa.pdf", true);
True launches another browser window and false keeps it in the same window.
app.launchURL("http://www.adobe.com/epaper/spotlights/acrfaa/pdfs/acrfaa.pdf", true);
True launches another browser window and false keeps it in the same window.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=333000&sliceId=1
Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.