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Rename a Form Field

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2011-02-16 19:31:24
ysegura
Registered: Feb 16 2011
Posts: 12

How to search for the existence of a form field, and if found, rename field name and posibly change some of its properties, using JavaScript?

YS

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.7, Windows
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2011-02-16 23:33:13
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maxwyss
Registered: Jul 25 2006
Posts: 255
JavaScript can not rename a form field. The field name is the key to all properties of the field, and can therefore not be changed.

However, it would be possible to locate a field, read in its properties, delete it and recreate it with the new name, and applying the properties. This is quite a straightforward process. You get through most of the properties, except actions (there is no getAction() method in Acrobat JavaScript).

HTH.

Max Wyss.

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