How to get some statistics on the form.

Question

  I have to run some statistics about my form. There is some kind of macro that you can install and will give you a number of fields and subforms on your form…can someone please provide a link to the tool?

Answer 1

You can use a recursive function to determine all objects with a specific className.
This example looks for subforms, fields and script under beginning with node "xfa.template".
function findNodes(vNode, vSubform, vField, vScript) {
    if (vNode.className === "subform") {
        vSubform.push(vNode.somExpression);
    } else if (vNode.className === "field") {
        vField.push(vNode.somExpression);
    } else if (vNode.className === "script") {
        vScript.push(vNode.somExpression);
    for (var i = 0; i < vNode.nodes.length; i++) {
        findNodes(vNode.nodes.item(i), vSubform, vField, vScript);
var nSubform = [];
var nField = [];
var nScript = [];
findNodes(xfa.template, nSubform, nField, nScript);
// In a macro use
// desiner.alert("Subforms:\t" + nSubform.length.toString() + "\nFields:\t" + nField.length.toString() + "\nScripts:\t" + nScript.length.toString());
// In Designer use
xfa.host.messageBox("Subforms:\t" + nSubform.length.toString() + "\nFields:\t" + nField.length.toString() + "\nScripts:\t" + nScript.length.toString());