Accessing another form fields

I have 2 forms form 1 and Form 2; how can i access form 2 fields from form 1? I read the Acrobat Javascript reference and I saw this code snippet:
var otherDoc = app.openDoc("myDoc.pdf", this);
otherDoc.getField("name").value="Enter your name here: "
otherDoc.getField("name").setFocus();
this.closeDoc();
I reconstruct it to match my form values. It opens the other form but it doesnt do anything else.
Is there a way to do this?

Does anyone know how to do this? Really need the help..
Thanks in advance.

Similar Messages

How do I use one form field to enter data into another form field?

Does anyone know how I can code a form so that when I select
a name in one drop-down form field, I can ensure that the person's
e-mail address will appear in another text field?
Thanks.

Thanks Roel,
I remember that I tried to define multiple DML. but it did not work for Apex gets confused.... which items belongs to which table...
instead-of-triggers (to process the inserts/updates/deletes) Can you pls, elaborate more on this solution ... ?
Regards,
Fateh..

How do I transfer text from a form field to another form field in different PDFs?

To clarify, I have a PDF form that is sent to me and has all of the text/data already filled out. I now have to transfer a majority of that data to a new PDF form. This isn't really that bad on a case by case basis, but sometimes it can be a large batch of files.
Is it possible to use the "Action Wizard" to accomplish this or will I have to use some sort of javascript?
Any guidance is very much appreciated.

If the fields that hold the same data in both forms have identical field names, you can simply export the form data from the first to an FDF file and import it into the other form. Exactly how you do this depends on which versio of Acrobat you have.

Access request form fields changing if request is self or other

Hi SAP experts,
When open a new Access Request all the fields from the EUP work as expected with designated mandatory fields and visible fields (attachment "AC other") but for some reason when I change the "Request For:" dropdown to some other value (in this example "Self") all the fields become visible and Mandatory disappears (attachment "AC Self") what can I do to correct this behavior?
Note: If I assign the default value as "Self" and then change the field to "Other" I get the same results (all visible fields) so is something that happens when changing "Request For:" dropdown.

Hi Jonathan,
Can you check webdynpro component : GRAC_UIBB_ACCESS_REQUEST once because i think there might be code written to hide fields in onselect( ) action of request type.
PFB the snapshot for reference.
If not, pls check WDDOINIT( ) method of view V_SELECT_USER as shown below
PS : Compare your code with the attached file code.
If still the issue exists, Pls refer to this note : 1670922.
Hope this helps you.
Thanks
KH

Re rendering another form fields

Is it possible to re render form2 fields in form1 in the same web page?

Does anyone know how to do this? Really need the help..
Thanks in advance.

Adding form fields breaks tag structure

I have been teaching workshops at my university on creating accessible PDF forms from MS Word. I am very familiar with PDF accessibility. For the most part, the process of field recognition, marking up tables, writing tooltips, manipulating the tag tree, etc., all goes smoothly. I have noticed something that is creating a lot more work for our people, however.
After adding forms to the tagged PDF using recognition and the Tools > Forms > Add New Field tool, we adjust the field tab order and add tooltips. Once all of that is in place and we are ready to fine tune, we click the Tools > Accessibility > Add Form Fields to Tags button. Adding Form Fields to Tags does not work consistently if you edit the tag structure manually while in the Forms creation process. You can do some tag remediation prior to entering the Forms tool, but if you edit the tag structure while in Forms, the Adding Form Fields to Tags often does nothing -- this is certainly a bug in Acrobat X but it is not hard to work around.
The larger problem is that after we click Add Form Fields to Tags button, the tag structure reveals itself to be very much distorted and extreme amounts of tag structure remediation is required. Here are three screen shots that illustrate the point.
This first image shows the on-screen appearance.
Below is the expanded tags tree, prior to adding fields to the tag structure:
The tag structure is clean and elegant. If I were to publish this, no remediation would be necessary.
And here is the tag structure after adding form fields:
What has happened is Acrobat has grabbed recognized form fields and other elements in the document and has jammed them into the tag structure. Other things are affected as well. For example, headings in the page have extra, redundant textruns in them.
This has radically negatively affected the tag structure, requiring the author to do lots of remediation.
Any recommendations? solutions? similar experiences?
It seems obvious to me that this is a flaw in Acrobat that needs to be addressed, if accessibility is a goal. Or perhaps I'm doing something wrong??

Hi Daver1111,
Nope. No answer and nothing from Adobe.
I know something is going really really wrong, too: We have a product called CommonLook. It's an enterprise-level PDF accessibility remediation tool. It works well in fixing most structural problems in PDF through a relatively easy to use interface--you just drag textruns and elements around. It also has some tools that automate cleanup for accessibility.
I have no problem using this tool 99% of the time, but when I use it on forms I have made in Acrobat, the CommonLook plugin hangs when I try to save the PDF. It identifies a "structural error" in the PDF and crashes, leaving the PDF unchanged.
You can change the PDF in Acrobat by spending time moving around and creating new elements and deleting extra textruns and such, but, wow, what a royal pain in the *** that is!
Since no one is from Adobe is responding, I'm going to file a bug report.
Cheers,
ken

Adding Form Fields to Structure

I am working with Adobe Acrobat Pro v9 with a PowerPoint document that I converted to a PDF. I'm working on making it accessible. It is a simple course certificate with one form field, a text box that the user simply types their name in. When I run Accessibility: Full Check I get one error message relating to adding form fields to structure.
It says I need to choose Adanced Accessibility: Add Form Fields to PDF Tags. When I do that and run the Full Check again, I continue to get the same message.
Am I missing a step? Or is there anything else I need to do?
Thanks!

Just some nattering here, but -
After any edits/changes save the PDF before running Full Checker again.
Open the Tags panel, expand the structure tree, from the Options menu turn on Highlight Content.
Walk down the tree. Look for <Form>.
From the Options menu (for the Tags panel) use "Find".
Look for Unmarked Annotations.
Note that "Run Form Field Recognition" will add <Form> to the structure tree.
However, the OBJR beneath it is "generic" and not "your" form field.
For this situation you'd have to add yours (use Find - the dialog has a button to permit tagging an item).
Once the form field annotation is "in" the structure tree you'll want to ensure it is positioned appropriately; in context of the page's logical hierarchy.
Be well...

How to create a New form field button.

Hi there.
I have this form that allows the admin and or client to change their Business details and on that form there is a field (text) that they can fill out their product detail and price. I wanted to have a button to create another form field (to do the exact samething) to allow them to add more products.
Is this possible with CF?
Thanks in advanced.

Javascript is what you want to use.

Options for read/write form field data with VBA/Reader

I have a project which requires reading and writing field data to a PDF form using VBA in PowerPoint. The code I have works properly with the full version of Acrobat, but the client this project is for will be using Reader. I'm looking for suggestions to what options I have to be able to access the form field data (I don't need any other features other than access to the field data). Ideally, I would love a solution which doesn't require the client to install anything extra for this to work, but I'm assuming that this isn't possible without an extra install.
Is there a library that exists in Reader (or could be licensed to be installed on the client's machine) that would allow the data to be read without needing the full version of Acrobat?
Does a plug-in exist for Reader, or could be written, that would allow this? Writing a plug-in would certainly be beyond my current capabilities, but I am interested in knowing every and any choices that are available.
Are there any other options to do what I need to do?
I had originally thought about exporting the form data and parsing it in the VBA program, but this would take a bit more work to write the parsing routine instead of accessing the fields directly. Plus, it appears to me that Exporting is not enabled in Reader.
Thanks for any insight you may be able to provide.

Thanks for the response; this was my original suggestion, but I don't think this is feasable for our client. I suggested to our account people that this might be the only way to do this (and the easiest, although possibly the costliest since it would have to be purchased for their entire sales force) and they initially said that this would not be an option, so I wanted to be able to cover all the bases, and explore any other ways that they could do what they want. Is this the absolute only option to do this?
Someone also suggested to me that licensing the Acrobat PDF Library SDK might be a way to do this, or that it could possibly be done with a plug-in for Reader (although from what I have found, Reader plug-ins would have to be approved by Adobe). These options, if possible, are beyond my current knowledge but I do want to be able to give them a complete list of possibilities.
Thanks again.

Reader not recognizing form fields

I have created a form with extended rights using Adobe Acrobat X. Everyone using Acrobate Pro X can use the form with no problems; however, a user who has Reader XI is unable to access the form fields. Any idea what may be wrong? The form was emailed to this individual who saved it to their desktop to open and complete.

Is the preferences for Reader set to open all PDFs in the PDF/A mode?

Add form fields to tags - not working

I have a fillable form with one simple text form field. I run the "Advanced > Accessibility > Add form fields to tags" but the tags do not change. After I run the command it is grayed out so it looks like it's done. I can save, close and reopen to make that command available again, but it never affects the tags and the accessibility check continues to give the error.
Anyone have that problem or know how to fix it? I'm using Acrobat Pro 9.3.3
Thanks!

Rather than use TORU for form fields why not use the "Find" feature on the Options menu from the Tags panel?
Find "Unmarked Annotations" then use the Tag Element button on the Find Element dialog.
Select "Form" for the element ("tag").
Add something useful to the "Title" field.
[edit: n.b., this method lets you avoid putting a marquee down that inadvertently encompasses undesired text]
This won't affect use of AT but gives you something to locate as you look over the structure tree.
This method puts the <Form> element at the bottom of the structure tree; so, the elements would have to be manually moved to the proper location in the structure.
Alternatively, place focus on the appropriate parent element for the PDF page content.
The new <Form> element will be placed there - still may have to adjust it location in the structure tree - just closer to that location.
As to working within the structure tree when adding elements.
Yes, best practice that.
TORU - Read Order provides a gross/macro view via the highlight(s) and element desination.
Read Order should, in almost all cases, be harmonized to the structure tree's logical hierarchy.
You may find use of the in-line grouping element <Span> useful.
Be well...
Message was edited by: CtDave

Form field values in query

Hi,
How to access a Form Field value [Inventory Transfer] in a query:
Tried all these combination:
$[http://940.18.1], $[http://$940.18.1], $[OWTR.Filler]
What is the right format to access the field value & Is there a way to check [debug] what the values are ?
Am using: SAP B1 2005B SP:00 PL:34
Regards.

First, Enable System information from the View Menu. This will enable you to see the table name and the field name when you click on the field.
Once you get this info, you can access it by $[[TableName.FieldName]]
Remote the http:// that you see above
$ [ ] are all required.
Suda

HOW to copy Form field from one RTF to another RTF

Hi Expert
I have developed 20 reports in BI Publisher which is using xml as data source. So to access the data i have done the xml coding for each form field.
Now i want to copy the form field from one rtf to another, while doing the copy paste of the form field from one rtf to another it is not copying the xml coding. It is appearing in the new rtf as below
<?ref:xdo0391?>
Can you guys suggest me how to achieve the same. Is there any setting need to be changed so that while do the copy paste the form field it will copy the backend code also.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks
Srikant

make your template set as backward compatabile before you do anything on template. load the xml and then copy the form field. it should work. dont try to open the field without loading xml.

Passing field values to form from another form

Hi,
I have multiple detail table for a master table. The master table is project table and the details tables are all related to the project table. In the portal forms we cannot have a form based on multiple child tables. So I am trying to enter one detail table at a time. I have created a master-detail table based on project table and a detail table (cost table). After I enter data in this MD form I want to carry the projectid to another form based on another detail table (resource table) on the next page. I want to navigate to this next form by clicking on a next button after I have entered data on the previous MD form.
The projectid is a hidden field in the first MD form and is generated by a database sequence. I understood that there is many ways to send field values to a form:-
1. By creating a moduleid link on the next button. This link will have the projectid value
2. By calling the form from a PL/SQL procedure on the CALL/GO of the first MD form.
I am not sure how to get the 'projectid' value generated from the sequence and pass it to the link or a procedure. Will the projectid value be stored in the session ? How do I get it ?
Is the above way of entering multiple detail tables feasable ? Please advice.

Hi,
I have multiple detail table for a master table. The master table is project table and the details tables are all related to the project table. In the portal forms we cannot have a form based on multiple child tables. So I am trying to enter one detail table at a time. I have created a master-detail table based on project table and a detail table (cost table). After I enter data in this MD form I want to carry the projectid to another form based on another detail table (resource table) on the next page. I want to navigate to this next form by clicking on a next button after I have entered data on the previous MD form.
The projectid is a hidden field in the first MD form and is generated by a database sequence. I understood that there is many ways to send field values to a form:-
1. By creating a moduleid link on the next button. This link will have the projectid value
2. By calling the form from a PL/SQL procedure on the CALL/GO of the first MD form.
I am not sure how to get the 'projectid' value generated from the sequence and pass it to the link or a procedure. Will the projectid value be stored in the session ? How do I get it ?
Is the above way of entering multiple detail tables feasable ? Please advice.

How to access a field of an data source w/o binding a form field to it

Hi
This is a query regarding ADOBE print form.
How to access a record field (of an data source.... typical multi row records) where the record is bound to a subform.
Data is something like
(I have used abap parlance for understanding)
data : begin of data_tab occurs 0,
field1 type .....,
field2 type .....,
fieldm type .....,
fieldn type .....,
end of data_tab.
Subform is bound to
$.DATA_TAB.DATA[*]
How to access field1, field2,...... etc without creating subform fields and binding them to field1, field2, .... fieldn.
I know normal approach is to define subform fields and then bind it to $.field1, $.field2 etc
In the calculate event of a field bound to $.fieldm I have tried the following expressions to get the value of column fieldn of the same record but none of them worked.... Note that if I bind the field using $.fieldn data is displayed properly in the print form.
$record.data_tab.fieldn.value
$record.data_tab.data[*].fieldn.value
$record.data_tab.data.fieldn.value
$record.data_tab.fieldn.value
Otherwise I would have to define hidden fields just to use these column values in the event script even though these value are not to be displayed in the ADOBE print form.
Regards
Abapper

I can't remember the exact sentence, but do a little search, as that is a common question in this forum....
How about:
$record.data_tab.data[1].fieldn.value
$record.data_tab.data[2].fieldn.value
$record.data_tab.data[2].fieldn.value
$record.data_tab.data[N].fieldn.value
Cheers.

Accessing another form fields

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for