Trouble changing text field '.value' property in Acrobat JavaScript

Obviously you are using LiveCycle Designer, so the AcroForms JS syntax needs to be adjusted for LiveCycle Designer's syntax.
topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].seller[0].rawValue = "new value";

Does it matter that the PDF with this code will eventually be rendered in Reader?

Hi gaia88,

No, that is not a problem. PDF forms created in either Acrobat or LiveCycle Designer will render fine in Adobe Reader- it's designed to work that way. One caveat is that if you use new features in your PDF then the users sometimes will need to get a later version of the free Adobe Reader in order to use those- an example is the new Portfolios introduced in Acrobat 9- when those are opened in earlier versions of Reader you don't get all the fancy effects portfolios offer.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

Thanks for the replies. I've done some more work on this and have more information. As before, I have a text box on my PDF called "seller". Here's a code sample:

seller.rawValue = 'text';
app.alert(seller.rawValue);

The alert shows the new value of the seller text box ("text"), but the actual text in the text box on the PDF does not change. Am I missing something?

- Nate

Have you exited the field?

I did...that made no difference.

- Nate

I'm glad someone from WindJack replied because this is actually something I'm trying to do with two of their components (AcroDialogs and AcroButtons). If I assign a value to seller.rawValue in a JavaScript event by itself it works fine. But where I'm having trouble getting it to work is in the AcroDialogs/AcroButtons code. What I'm trying to do with these two components is this:

1) AcroButtons button appears when the form is loaded (works fine).
2) User clicks the button. AcroDialogs drop down pops up. User selects an item and clicks "OK". (this also works fine)
3) In the AcroDialogs code that fires off when the user clicks OK ( if("ok" == clauses.DoDialog()) ), I get the value that the user selected. (this part also works fine)
4) Also in that section of AcroDialogs code, I try to assign the return value to the .rawValue of a text box. This, for some reason, does not work.

Any input from WindJack on this issue would be highly appreciated.

- Nate

No, that is not a problem. PDF forms created in either Acrobat or LiveCycle Designer will render fine in Adobe Reader- it's designed to work that way. One caveat is that if you use new features in your PDF then the users sometimes will need to get a later version of the free Adobe Reader in order to use those- an example is the new Portfolios introduced in Acrobat 9- when those are opened in earlier versions of Reader you don't get all the fancy effects portfolios offer.


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The ultimate solution was to assign the value like this:

this.xfa.form.topmostSubform.Page1.seller.rawValue = clauses.clause.toString();

- Nate

It is nice to see that you have found solution of your problem. Otherwise I would help you to solve this

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