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2008-07-19 06:35:43
photoaz
Registered: Aug 10 2007
Posts: 45

For the forms we send out we need to have our clients to not only submit the info back to us but have a hard copy for their records. Currently I have two buttons on the form, one for submit and one for print, have a text box next to the buttons to push both and in the separate instruction letter tell them to make a hard copy and submit but we still get calls everyday where they have only pushed one button and have to fill it all out again.

So I am looking for just one button I can put on the page for Submit and Printing. I am using LiveCycle for creation so they are being used for a dataset and the Submit button does not allow for adding Print.

So please put your minds to this.

Thanks

Bill Guy

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
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2008-07-19 08:42:33
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gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
You create a standard button and the script for the sumbit and the print to that button. Do not use the predifined buttons.

George Kaiser

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2008-07-19 16:34:34
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photoaz
Registered: Aug 10 2007
Posts: 45
Well the correct Javascript is what I am asking for. How do you write this or is there somewhere where I can cut and paste it in.

Bill Guy

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2008-07-19 17:34:44
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gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
There have been any number of post and tips that have included the link to [url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]JavaScript for Acrobat[/url].

For Acrobat JS, LiveCycle Designer may need some minor changes as included in the LCD documentation:

To print:

this.print(false, this.pageNum, this.pageNum);
// print a file silently
this.print({bUI: false, bSilent: true, bShrinkToFit: true});

To submit:

this.submitForm("http://myserver/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi#FDF");

There are many other variations and possibly some restrictions depending upon waht version and product the user has.

LiveCycle Designer:

Print:

JavaScript
xfa.host.print(1, "0", "0", 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
FormCalc
xfa.host.print(1, "0", "0", 0, 1, 0, 0, 0)

For submitting in LCD please see the Scripting documentation. There are a number of options and issues you should be aware of before using this item.

George Kaiser

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