Adobe Acrobat XPro - Unable to set automatic date in form

Question

Hello -
I created a layout in Indesign and brought it into Adobe Acrobat XPro to create a form.
I have not been able to get the form to automatically populate a date when it opens. In fact, I am unable to even type in the box now. I entered this code under validate in the text properties:
var f = this.getField("Today");
f.value = util.printd("m/d/yy", new Date());
I also entered this code in another area:
Under page properties, page thumbnails and page properties. Under actions - Select trigger - page open. I added a run a javascript action:
var f = this.getField("Today");
f.value = util.printd("m/d/yy", new Date());
Please help. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

You can use the following code to catch and display the error message:
try{
var f = this.getField("Today");
f.value = util.printd("m/d/yy", new Date());
} catch(e) {
var cMsg = "An error occurred setting the date\n";
for(var i in e) {
cMsg += "\n" + i + ": " + e[i];
app.alert(cMsg, 1, 0);
If the error message displays "f is null" then you have a missing field or are using the wrong field name.