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SCRIPT FOR TEXT FIELD INVISIBLE BUT PRINT

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2008-08-22 10:19:57
patra
Registered: Oct 19 2006
Posts: 270
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Hi eneryone

How with a script I can make a field to be invisible but print, without to use the
object properties.

Form users they use Reader 7.0 and when I select from object properties Visible(Print only) works with Reader 8.0 and above, but not with Reader 7.0!

Any idea............

Thanks

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
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2008-08-25 09:56:09
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
In the version change from LC 7 to LC 8 there were quite a few changes. One of these was the whole (Visible/Invisible) thing. If you have a copy of LC Deisgner 7 you'll see the the "presense" options are slightly different. Instead of "Visible(Print Only)", it has "Invisible(But Print Anyway)". This is a change in how things are structured internally. Unfortunately the method used for each version does not seem to work on the other version.

So you definately need a code solution that will work for both. Make you field Invisible, not hidden, and place this code in the "PrePrint" event for the field.

this.presence= "visible";

Then put this code in the "PostPrint" event

this.presence= "invisible";

Make sure you change the script language to JavaScript.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/[/url]

Thom Parker
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www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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