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2011-11-21 02:12:22
Bond007AE
Registered: Nov 2 2011
Posts: 6
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Hi Everyone,
 
I'm new to this forum and would like to seek your valuable help in my project.
 
I created an acrobat form with required fields and upon clicking on configured button, I put a validation script that pops an alert if there are blanks on the required fields. Can you please help me construct a script that will pop an alert populated with all the fields that supposed to be non-blank. for example
 
Please review and complete the required fields:
Missing information on Name
Missing information on Age
etc
etc
 
I currently have this:
 
var RequiredFields = new Array(2);
RequiredFields[0] = "Name";
RequiredFields[1] = "Age";

var AlertMsg = new Array(2);
AlertMsg[0] = "Missing information on Name";
AlertMsg[1] = "Missing information on Age";
 
var bSuccess = true;
var emptyTest = /^\s*$/;
var fieldCount = RequiredFields.length;
var fld = 0;

for (var i=0; i
Send email
  
Appreciate all your help...

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.1, Windows
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2011-11-21 02:27:18
#1
try67
Expert
Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Accepted Answer
Something like this...

  1. var errorMessage = "";
  2. for (var i=0; i<RequiredFields.length; i++) {
  3. 	var f = this.getField(RequiredFields[i]);
  4. 	if (emptyTest.test(f.value)) {
  5. 		errorMessage += AlertMsg[i] + "\n";
  6. 		bSuccess = false;
  7. 	}
  8. }
  9. if (bSuccess) {
  10. 	// send email
  11. } else {
  12. 	app.alert(errorMessage);
  13. }
You should be aware that this will work with text fields, but if you have combo-boxes, radio-buttons or check-boxes that you want to verify you'll need to adjust it because they have different values when empty.

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2011-11-21 03:16:24
#2
Bond007AE
Registered: Nov 2 2011
Posts: 6
Thank you. That was quick...
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2011-11-21 03:19:08
#3
Bond007AE
Registered: Nov 2 2011
Posts: 6
BTW, where do I insert the fix statement "Please review and complete the required fields:"


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2011-11-21 03:19:55
#4
try67
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Posts: 2398
Set it as the initial value of errorMessage (add a "\n" at the end for the line break).

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2011-11-21 03:42:30
#5
Bond007AE
Registered: Nov 2 2011
Posts: 6
I tried this:

< for (var i=0; i
< var f = this.getField(RequiredFields[i]);>< if (emptyTest.test(f.value)) {>
< errorMessage += "Please review and complete the required fields:" >+ "\n" +
< AlertMsg[i] + "\n";>
< bSuccess = false;>but I got repeated fixed statement on the alert message:

Please review and complete the required fields:
Missing information on Name
Please review and complete the required fields:
Missing information on Age


How to make it look like this:

Please review and complete the required fields:
Missing information on Name
Missing information on Age


TY
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2011-11-21 03:34:12
#6
try67
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If you want to paste code, do it inside of < code > < / code > (drop the spaces).

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2011-11-21 03:52:47
#7
Bond007AE
Registered: Nov 2 2011
Posts: 6
The fixed statement works, can you share the code if ther are combo box/drpdown list?
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2011-11-21 04:50:19
#8
try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
You need to change the initial value of errorMessage. So change line #1 in the code I posted earlier to:
var errorMessage = "Please review and complete the required fields:\n";

Regarding combo-boxes: The issue there is that they always have a value selected, so the way to do it depends on how you set it up. I posted some time ago a generic function that verifies different types of fields. Study the code and it would help you solve this problem.
Have a look here: http://acrobatusers.com/forum/javascript/make-field-required-if-amount-entered-separate-field#comment-82518

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