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Move fields across pages

dotnetwiz
Registered: Jun 8 2010
Posts: 57

I understand that I can move fields using the rect property.

Is there a way to move fields across pages?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.3.1, Windows
gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
Only if you add the field to the other page and then delete the field from the current page unless you can live with a copy of the field and all that that implies. Of course, copying or moving a field assumes all users will have Acrobat and not Reader.

George Kaiser

dotnetwiz
Registered: Jun 8 2010
Posts: 57
Thanks. I'm trying to implement a solution to print selected rows only (see my post "Print selected only in a checklist form" on this forum) and it seems like doing almost anything significant on Acrobat Reader requires form rights.

My solution also requires making web service calls (see my unanswered post "Net.HTTP.request and form rights"), and I have no idea how to go about adding these form rights without investing in a heavy-duty infrastructure of servers running Livecycle Reader Extensions. Doesn't anyone provide a service to add these rights for a fee on a per-file basis? I only have a limited number of pdfs to extend with form rights.

Your thoughts and insight would be much appreciated.
Niall
Expert
Registered: Apr 26 2006
Posts: 62
Hi,

I have a sample that hides rows that are null, here: http://assurehsc.ie/blog/index.php/2010/05/repeating-non-null-table-data/

However it was developed in LiveCycle Designer, which comes with Acrobat Pro 9.

Niall

Hope this helps,

Niall
Assure Dynamics

dotnetwiz
Registered: Jun 8 2010
Posts: 57
Thanks Niall:

I was able to do it in Acrobat. I divided the page into fixed height rows and dynamically recreated the fields on the page, depending on whether the row was checked or not.

Your solution sounds much more elegant and less script-heavy. Unfortunately, I"m stuck to using Acrobat for reasons beyond my control.

Cheers!