Size of typeface in bridge

I installed Adobe Bridge under Win 8.1. All menu items appear in tiny typeface on screen. Does anyone know how to enlarge the typeface?

Definitely an Adobe issue, not a Windows issue. For a company that is generally pretty much on the leading edge of innovation... for them to leave behind Windows users on this one smacks on someone dropping the ball or someone with a Mac elitist attitude.
I have a Windows laptop that I cannot run Bridge on because of this issue. Laptop = freedom to work where I want/need to. No Bridge tool available on my laptop means I am tied to my desktop Windows machine where I don't have this problem (currently).
So boo on Adobe especially since this has been a known issue for years.

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File size variations in Cs5, Bridge, & Mac when opening D800e raw files

I am getting extreme variations in file size when I open my D800e nefs in photoshop cs5, & Bridge. When I highlight the same nefs on my Mac(10.6.8) & "get info", I get another file size. D800e files are about 103 MB each at 8 bit, but can vary dramatically when I open them in Bridge or Cs5. Any ideas? Thanks!

Thank you for responding. I understand what you are saying. After more attempts at resizing nef files into tifs, and then restarting my computer, everything seems to be ok. However, when I make a four shot stitched pan with the D800e, I encounter the same problem even after downsizing to a more manageble file size. Each photo in the pan is originally 103MB. After resizing the 4 shots to 30MB each, I end up with a pan that is about 75MB in CS5 after cropping. When I highlight this pan & "get info" on my Mac desktop, the image size is 300-400 MB. I can ignore this for personal use, but if I have to send it to a client via the internet its a problem. I have made stitched pans with my D3s with no problem at all, so I guessing I have to switch cameras when I want to stitch shots together. If anyone has any more comments feel free!

Difference in file size in photoshop and bridge

when I save an image in photoshop (file size 26mb) it shows as a 70.7 mb in bridge or window explorer. Why?

fotonut1 wrote:
The 26 mb number is found when I go to image size (alt cntrl I
Lets take a look at the Image Sise Dialog. Nothing in it indicates anything about any file size. One number in it I have never been able t figure exactly how Adobe come up with and the is Pixel Dimensions Number all others I understand.
Below is a screen capture of the dialog shows 91.4M ???
3264x4896 is the 3:2 my Cannon 1D4 16MP the first calculator is
3264x4896=15980544 I can by the camera sensor is 16.1 MP but only delivers an image 15.98MP
Its 16bit color so each pixel has 3 16bit values for RGB 6 bytes per pixel
15980544x6=95883264 bytes 95.9M not 91.4M
If 91.4 is in hex M 1028 is 1K so 1M 1028000 bytes is 1M
91.4x1028000=93959200 still short of the 95883264 bytes required so I do not how Adobe come up with the 91.4M #
Any way 3264x4896 is canvas size. Has nothing to to with file size.
Photoshop also supports layers and layers can be canvas size or larger then canvas size as well as smaller then canvas.
Additionally layers can contain embedded object and object could contain a layer file like a placed PSD image.
The center section Document Size is the documents Print here you see the document currentle has a 240DPI resolution
3264pixel width / 240 dpi = 13.6"
4896pixel height / 240 dpi = 20.4"
The bottom section is the control section. With resample NOT checked the top can not be changed Pixel Dimensions will not be changed nor would File size. And all three values in print size are linked. You change one value and Photoshop will chage the other two for you. With resample NOT checked the other controls are not settable. Pixel Dimensions are not change so no interpolation and no aspect ratio change.
With Resample checked Constrain Proportions will link width and height to preserv the current aspect ratio and not distort the image.
When you save a document file format is very important layered flat compression all play a roll. It very hard to even guess what the file size will be.

Image size different than the Bridge

question. I shoot raw images and can export to jpeg in The Bridge at 6144 x 4096 (25.2 MP) 300 dpi. Opened in Photoshop that's a 20.4x13.6
Why do the same images export from Lightroom at 3286 x 2191, 300 dpi??
In photoshop that just under 11.6x7.7
Where can I fix this in Lightroom please?

There is no advantage to upresing until you go to print, and even then that's assuming the upresing you do is better than what the printer/printer driver does. The 1DII is an 8.2MP camera, and always upresing your images to 25MP sounds like a waste of disk space to me.

Best way to deal with photos from the start? (Bridge CS5 and iPhoto)

Hi all,
I'm just learning the ropes of the whole CS5 suite, and was starting to add keywords etc. in Bridge when I realized I couldn't access the files in my iPhoto ('09) library. I've read a few threads about this issue, but haven't really found a consensus on how to deal with it.
I figure I'm in a good position to get things right from the start since I have no tags or ratings etc. in my iPhoto setup (and have only added keywords to the few pics that weren't in my iPhoto Library), and am wondering what you think is the best way to sort photos given I plan on using them in web design etc., and all the parts of my CS5 suite.
If getting the photos out of iPhoto is best what's the best way to do that? I've read suggestions to right click on the library and click on "Show Contents"- or something like that, but that does not come up as an option when I right click my iPhoto Library in Bridge. Thanks so much for your help!
Please let me know if there is any info I could give you that would be helpful in order to figure this one out.
Best,
Mara

I must be far too lazy to be sure. In iPhoto if I want to move an image all I
do is click and drag from iPhoto to the desktop.
Here comes the trouble with using iPhoto and mixing applications. You have
to be sure what you do in iPhoto because you easily grab the wrong version
instead of the original.
As Tai Lao pointed out the the difference between Bridge and iPhoto in short
is open visible structure for Bridge and hidden invisible library for
iPhoto.
There may be perfect and valid reason to use iPhoto but mixing the two
workflows without thinking or knowing what you do is bound to get you sooner
or later in trouble with wrong versions of the file.
And clicking and dragging from iPhoto is easy to mistake in those versions.
1 - I used to create incredible folder/sub-folder arrangements depending upon
operating system file management to find files.
You can create whatever structure you want including a thought through
naming convention that suites your needs, if you keep doing this in Bridge
you can easily open and close folders using the folder panel, in iPhoto you
have a lot of events and albums but none as clear as in Bridge. (at least
that is my opinion...)
Also I would prefer to use a good naming convention with less folders and
subfolders instead of bad file naming and many well named folders. Also
using the metadata options description and keywords let's you easily find
the files you want but when having the need to retrieve the original from an
external disk or DVD using less folders will be quicker to find.
Since depending upon metadata keywords or star ratings I now prefer to have
all images (originals and amended) in one single folder as Bridge (or iPhoto
for that matter) can only see the images in the folder it is looking at.
Wrong, using the find option (cmd+F) you can specify Bridge to look in main
folders or entire disk, include the option to look in subfolders and you are
in business (but the first time Bridge caches it also need to index all the
metadata, that takes some time but only the first time.
2 - potential feature request for Bridge?
To have an option where Bridge can see and display images in subfolder
arrangements from the folder it is looking at.
That is already there since a view versions
Select a folder with subfolders and then from the menu view select 'show
items for subfolders'
It is still not a perfect way of functioning but it gets better every new
version, in CS5 the speed of gathering the files is very much improved.
However here is iPhoto the winner because it keeps the files in cache (or
something like that) Bridge is not the best in this behavior but it is
possible to use.
This is a bit like a restriction of OS X "All images" to all images in the
selected folder and all subfolders of the selected folder (if that makes any
sense at all)
Many users have tons of files on there system, why would you use that option
to view all if you are perfectly capable of finding the files or file types
you want in most applications (but you can also find them in OSX, you want
psd files do a search for ".psd" and you will see all the psd files on your
system.
3 - iPhoto can't really handle large files. With one event consisting of
4,500+ images weighing in at 884 MB it is zippy. Were those to be originals
at a high resolution iPhoto would probably be tediously slow and require a
folder/sub-folder arrangement which, to me, seems to undermine the importance
of managing stuff using keywords.
IPhoto is not designed to be a professional application, therefore you can't
expect behavior for this
In Bridge you have no limit of files on your system only the limit for the
cache is somewhere around 500.000 I believe. But even Bridge is not really
designed for handling that amount of files in a pleasant way.
I also don't know of an application that can do so for normal retail prices,
most users of that amount of files have custom made or customized
application that costs many thousands dollars. Bridge is in fact a free gift
when buying a Suite application from Adobe.
The file size for viewing in Bridge is by default set to a max of 1 GB but
that is for building previews you can see thumbs and small previews of
bigger files. In the Bridge preferences you can set the limit for this to
whatever you want, it only grows the cache file for previews when using many
large files.
In summary: Bridge is great for CS5 partnering on metadata, original images or
large filesizes.
I couldn't agree more!
iPhoto is great on sharing images across devices and better
still if those files are low res with small filesizes?
I couldn't disagree more...
You can do all of this using Bridge to start own created actions or with
scripts like image processor.
Do some research on Adobe TV or view other video tutorials on the web, there
are many free and good tutorials. You will learn that you can do all you
want in Bridge (and a lot more...)

Change default font & default font size

As far as I can make out it's not possible to reset the default font or font size in LC Designer ES 8.2........or is it, & if so, how?
I found this page re LC ES3, but it doesn't seem to apply to earlier versions.
TIA

Hi,
Designer uses predefined objects which are stored as *.xfo files unser your user account.
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Designer\10.0\DE\Objects\Standard
You can open such files with any simple text editor and modify them.
For example, you open the NumericEdif.xfo in your editor.
Them you'll see an XML file where you'll find the information for the typeface and the size.
<field name="NumerischesFeld" y="0mm" x="0mm" w="67.056mm" h="9mm">
               <ui>
                  <numericEdit>
                     <border>
                        <edge stroke="lowered"/>
                     </border>
                     <margin/>
                  </numericEdit>
               </ui>
               <font size="10pt" typeface="Arial"/>
               <margin topInset="1mm" bottomInset="1mm" leftInset="1mm" rightInset="1mm"/>
               <para vAlign="middle"/>
               <value>
                  <float/>
               </value>
               <caption reserve="30.0736mm">
                  <font size="10pt" typeface="Arial"/>
                  <para vAlign="middle"/>
                  <value>
                     <text>Numerisches Feld</text>
                  </value>
               </caption>
            </field>
Just change the name of the typeface and the size in the way you like and save the file.
You don't need to restart Designer, the next tiome you choose the nemueric field, it's created with the new font settings.
<field name="NumerischesFeld" y="0mm" x="0mm" w="67.056mm" h="9mm">
               <ui>
                  <numericEdit>
                     <border>
                        <edge stroke="lowered"/>
                     </border>
                     <margin/>
                  </numericEdit>
               </ui>
               
               <font size="12pt" typeface="Adobe Text Pro"/>
               <margin topInset="1mm" bottomInset="1mm" leftInset="1mm" rightInset="1mm"/>
               <para vAlign="middle"/>
               <value>
                  <float/>
               </value>
               <caption reserve="30.0736mm">
                  
                  <font size="12pt" typeface="Adobe Text Pro"/>
                  <para vAlign="middle"/>
                  <value>
                     <text>Numerisches Feld</text>
                  </value>
               </caption>
            </field>

Allow Bridge to work in Batch mode

Whenever you go into a new photo directory, Bridge has to go through a laborious process of building the thumbnails and creating the huge file "droppings" called Adobe Bridge Cache.bc and .bct (note, these "droppings" stay around taking up space, so assuming they're important, why not let them be created in batch mode?
In other words, why not be able to point Bridge at a directory called "Photos" or something, and tell it to go find the files in every folder/subfolder, create the "droppings" and not make people wait so long to get into a new directory the first time. I would much rather tell Bridge to go to work and come back an hour later and find out that I can now go from one directory to another without paying the penalty real time.
Seems logical to me.
Is there anything that can be done about the size of the "droppings" Bridge leaves behind? I'm looking at one that's 20MB right now, and I've seen them much larger on my system. I sure don't want to have to back them up in every directory unless absolutely necessary.
Thanks for the consideration.

Have you tried Tools > Cache > Build Cache for SubFolders?
You can point it to your collection and let it go build it's 'droppings'.
Since you didn't find this feature - is there a way we can make this more accessible to more users?
Another approach is to have background indexing process that runs independent of Bridge and watches specific folders. Personally I am not a big fan of background apps - but maybe this feature would be user controlled: run always, run only when Bridge is running, run manually.
Gunar

Why does bridge constantly re-create previews?

My understanding is that Bridge generates previews and stores them in the cache. However, it seems to forget it created the previews when I shut down then boot up the next day, so directories that I visited the day before still get the "XXX preview extractions" notice down in the bottom left and the interface is sluggish while that is going on.
I have tried purging the cache, compacting the cache, and putting the cache size on maximum. Bridge still constantly generates previews for items that should already be in the cache. I have "Keep 100% Previews in Cache" checked, so it shouldn't be doing that, correct?
How do I fix this problem? It makes Bridge even more sluggish than it already is...
Thanks,
rgames

Definitely seeing this myself. Not sure what process is doing it, but it would have to be changing the IDs of each item in Launchpad on each relaunch of the "Dock" process (since the whole thing is controlled by an SQL Lite database in your ~/Library/Application Support/Dock folder). It could be looking at the last "something'd" date and ordering them based on that.
Crazy idea, maybe try write-protecting that database after everything is as you'd want it? Trouble is, next time you download or install an app that Launchpad would want to add, you'd need to un-write-protect it, add the app, then re-write-protect it. Scriptable, sure, but not "It just works". And even then it might not like the database not being modifyable and just crash or act oddly.
I haven't given it much effort as my primary app launch method is still Spotlight. If you want your apps to stay in order, just drag your Applications folder back to your dock and use it just like you did in [Snow] Leopard, as they'll stay in the sort order you set it there. Or submit a bug report (http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html) and hope they fix it in a future release. Finally, for those who want to use Launchpad and fix it themselves, may I suggest this:
Get your apps in the order you want them
Back up the database in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock to somewhere
Write a simple bash or Apple script that kills the Dock, copies that archived database where everything is in the correct order to its "live" location, then restarts the Dock
Set said script to run on boot by adding it to your Startup Items (Accounts in System Preferences)
Profit?
Of course, anytime you make an edit to what's in Launchpad or the order of Launchpad, you'd need to remember to re-backup your database so this script wouldn't overwrite your edits the next time you rebooted.
*The above idea has not been tested and merely should work given that Mac OS is nearly UNIX and as such usually behaves rationally

I Need an In house Media Library, either as part of the Creative Cloud or stand alone - Do you??

I'll explain why you might, as a small video production/graphics company, I mainly do repeat video & graphics work for the same 40+ businesses,
year in and year out. When I'm out and about if I see anything that might be usefull as stock photo/video footage I grab it,
and take it home, however finding that right file/photo/shot six months later is too hard in 14tb of attached and archived storage
besides good quality, local stock photos/footage is expensive.
I'm thinking of a program that would span all of the Adobe products (3D, CorelDraw & CAD too would be great),
Allowing you to enter, alter and read the Metadata, GPS, tags, notes & file info (size etc) from Lightroom, Bridge & Prelude etc.
across every project your machine is connected to including external (usb) & nework drives (lan).
Save the metadata from the media to a database program on your local machine or server
that let's you do Google like searches
I think the main points from my point of view are:
#1 Uses/reads existing meta data fields, no point in reinventing the wheel and all adobe products will work
#2 That metadata fields are then saved to a database that lives on your local machine (
#3 Drives names are saved not just paths (ie "Back Up Drive No04")
#4 A thumbnail is saved to a database
#5 You can manually index a drive or dir and then look at the existing
metadata & thumbnail and add notes, (job, additional info or client name)
#6 Batch add notes IE Select Dir/ and add job or client name to all selected files
#7 Adding note’s is additive IE; If you had existing metadata/notes batch adding would not delete anything just add
#8 SEARCH Fuzzy, Date, File Type & Boolean search IE “Truck” after “june 2013” file type “MOV “
Yes, I know that Adobe has a digital asset management (DAM) system, but that's not designed for a smaller 1~4
user video or graphics company, it's too big, too much, and I'm guessing too damm expensive
(anything that doesn't have a price and just says "call Us" is too damm expensive)
I'd love to hear everyones key points/needs,
and if you thought is is a good idea.
Peter Fitz
BlueCrystal Creative
Marketing, Advertising & Social Content By BlueCrystal Creative

There's a dedicated forum for feature requests. Look it up on the forums directory.

Trouble creating grayscale PDF

Hi!
I have a bunch of grayscale PDS-files, dot grain 20%, that I need to make into a grayscale PDF. This has proven more difficult than I expected. I did a PDF from Bridge with "Output"-"preserve embedded color profile" checked, but it seems that didn't do much. The printing place said it reads like a colour PDF.
Then I tried Acrobat Pro, first to make a new PDF file from my images, and then to convert my earlier Bridge-PDF using "Preflight" - "convert colour to grayscale". That made the images low resolution and dark. The file size went down from Bridge's 140 MB to 45 MB.
Finally I gave InDesign a shot, but I lack the skills to do much with it.. If I put some effort into learning InDesign, will I be able to export one single PDF-file, with the original (or close to it) resolution and tone values, and with a grayscale colour profile?

Thanks for the quick response! They are Photoshop files, saved in Photoshop format. I have also saved the images as hi-res JPEGs with colour profile "dot grain 20%" and tried to do a PDF from those in Acrobat, same problem=dark, low-res, pixellated.
I'm using MacOS 10.6.8 for Acrobat XI, Bridge CS5 and Photoshop CS5, and have access to a PC laptop with InDesign CS6 on it.

Font menu hangs

HELP!! I think there might be a problem with the font menu utility running on mail. When I go to change the size or typeface ...anything that requires the use of the font menu, everything grinds almost to a halt and the ball keeps spinning. Sometimes it actually does what I want it to do and sometimes it doesn't ...after an exasperatingly long wait.
Is the application corrupted? I'm using font reserve.
Thanks.
Sarah
1.33 PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

This message occurs whenever your installed fonts change. I work for a publisher so was getting it all the time as I turned fonts on and off for different projects.
In Office 2004, do this:
1. Go to */Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Support Files/*
2. Rename or move FontCacheTool. (Requires administrator access)
In Office 2011, do this:
1. Go to *~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2011/*
2. Delete *Office Font Cache*
3. From Terminal, type touch" then drag in the Office 2011 folder
4. Back in the Finder, do Get Info on the new, empty *Office Font Cache* file. Make it read only and lock it.
Notes:
1. WYSIWYG menus will now just show the font name in standard font.
2. You may be able to disable the 'optimising' message more easily by going to Word's preferences and turning off the 'WYSIWYG font and style menus' tick box in the General section. This takes affect in all Office applications but doesn't seem as reliable at preventing the caching problem.
4. Newly added fonts should still appear when you next start an Office application.
3. However you have Office set up, it can't see certain fonts. They are the ones logged to Console, e.g.:
12/04/2011 09:58:14 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/fontd[21782] ATS Font family could not be created for Abaton ITC Std - Legacy Applications may not see this font

Autopopulate Dynamic Dropdown Field LC Designer

I am trying to autopopulate dynamically created dropdown fields within another section of a form.
Here is what I am trying to do:
I have a report (home inspection) that is also an estimate for repairs. I have several section of the report that have a button to add additional items (e.g. Kitchen, Living Room, ect). The button dynamically adds new items for each area (e.g. Kitchen, Living Room, ect). Code is below, what I want to do is have all of the dynamically created items appear in the estimate section of the report but am not able to figure out the best way to do this. Basically, all of the items that appear in the report also need to be in the estimate and I need to figure out a way to have the items duplicated from the report to the estimate. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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<draw name="GoExteriorTextHead" w="64.834mm" h="7.62mm">
<ui>
<textEdit/>
</ui>
<value>
<text>General Observations - Exterior</text>
</value>
<font size="14pt" typeface="Myriad Pro" baselineShift="0pt"/>
<margin topInset="0.5mm" bottomInset="0.5mm" leftInset="0.5mm" rightInset="0.5mm"/>
<para spaceAbove="0pt" spaceBelow="0pt" textIndent="0pt" marginLeft="0pt" marginRight="0pt"/>
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<ui>
<textEdit/>
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<value>
<text>Crawl Space</text>
</value>
<font size="12pt" typeface="Myriad Pro" baselineShift="0pt" weight="bold" posture="italic" underline="1"/>
<margin topInset="0.5mm" bottomInset="0.5mm" leftInset="0.5mm" rightInset="0.5mm"/>
<para spaceAbove="0pt" spaceBelow="0pt" textIndent="0pt" marginLeft="0pt" marginRight="0pt"/>
</draw>
<subform name="DropdownGOCrawl" w="203.2mm" layout="tb">
<occur max="-1"/>
<subform w="203.2mm" name="DDCrawl">
<keep intact="none"/>
<field name="DropDownCrawl" w="171.45mm" h="9mm">
<ui>
<choiceList textEntry="1">
<border presence="hidden"/>
<margin/>
</choiceList>
</ui>
<font typeface="Myriad Pro" weight="bold" size="11pt"/>
<margin topInset="1mm" bottomInset="1mm" leftInset="1mm" rightInset="1mm"/>
<para vAlign="middle"/>
<caption reserve="25mm">
<para vAlign="middle"/>
<value>
<text>Item:</text>
</value>
</caption>
<items save="1">
<text>Debris was observed at crawl space.</text>
<text>This structure lacks proper and adequate earthquake retrofitting hardware.</text>
<text>Anchor bolts at exposed sill plate framing structure are loose and inadequate.</text>
<text>Existing sewer line is not secured or strapped at crawl space.</text>
<text>All insulations at crawl space must be faced and secured utilizing wires or staples.</text>
<text>Sub-floors must have R-19 insulation properly installed.</text>
<text>Crawl space areas must have minimum 18” overhead clearance.</text>
<text>There was only one crawl space access panel to the rear addition. We were unable to inspect the main original crawl space due to lack of access. We highly recommend providing one access panel for the original structure.</text>
</items>
<bind match="none"/>
</field>
<subform w="28.575mm" name="DropdownAddGOexterior" relevant="-print" x="174.625mm">
<field h="6mm" name="AddDropdownGOExterior" w="28.575mm" relevant="-print">
<ui>
<button highlight="inverted"/>
</ui>
<font typeface="Arial"/>
<caption>
<value>
<text>Add Comment</text>
</value>
<para hAlign="center" vAlign="middle"/>
</caption>
<border hand="right">
<edge stroke="raised"/>
<fill>
<color value="212,208,200"/>
</fill>
<corner/>
</border>
<bind match="none"/>
<event name="event__click" activity="click">
<script contentType="application/x-javascript">//+ GENERATED - DO NOT EDIT (ID:182C1B80-8D7F-46A2-B893-6A7B250C972E CRC:1996671831)
//+ Type: Action
//+ Result1: AddInstance("$Node2")
//+ Node2: form1[0].Report[0].GoExterior[0].ItemsSubFormCrawlSpace[0].DropdownGOCrawl[0].CommentFiel d[0]
//+ Node1: form1[0].Report[0].GoExterior[0].ItemsSubFormCrawlSpace[0].DropdownGOCrawl[0].DDCrawl[0]. DropdownAddGOexterior[0].AddDropdownGOExterior[0]
//+ Condition1: Button("$Node1","click")
//+ ActionName: AddDropdownGOExterior.click
this.resolveNode('DropdownGOCrawl._CommentField').addInstance(1);
if (xfa.host.version < 8) {
xfa.form.recalculate(1);
/* This button will Add one instance of the repeating subform or table row.
   sSubformSOM: SOM expression of the repeating subform or table row.
   bCalc:
Flag - true if the new instance might be referenced by other calculations, otherwise false.
   message:
The error message displayed.
   These variables must be assigned for this script to run correctly.
   Replace <value> with the correct value.
var sSubformSOM = "<value>";
// Example: var sSubformSOM = "xfa.form.form1.Subform1";
var bCalc = true;
// Example: var bCalc = false;
var message = "You have reached the maximum number of items allowed.";
// DO NOT MODIFY THE CODE BEYOND THIS POINT - 10.0.2.20120224.1.869952.867557 - Subform_Instance_Controls_Add.xfo
// Build the SOM expression of the Instance Manager using the 'underscore' syntax.
var oSubform = xfa.resolveNode(sSubformSOM);
// Evaluate the SOM expression.
var sParentSOM = oSubform.parent.somExpression;
// Get the parent SOM expression.
var sManagerSOM = sParentSOM + "._" + oSubform.name; // Build the SOM expression of the Instance Manager.
var oManager = xfa.resolveNode(sManagerSOM);
// Evaluate the SOM expression.
var nMaxCount = oManager.occur.max;
// Get the maximum number of subform occurrences allowed.
var nSubCount = oManager.count;
// Get the current number of instances.
// Proceed if the maximum number of subform occurrences has not been reached.
if ((nMaxCount == "-1") || (nSubCount < nMaxCount)) {
// Invoke the Instance Manager.
var oNewInstance = oManager.addInstance(1);
// Fire the form calculations.
if (bCalc == true) {
// Execute all the form calculations.
xfa.form.recalculate(1);
} else {
xfa.host.messageBox(message,"Add Item", 3);
// END OF DO NOT MODIFY
</script>
</event>
<assist>
<toolTip>Add an item</toolTip>
</assist>
</field>
<margin topInset="2.54mm" bottomInset="2.54mm"/>
<?templateDesigner expand 0?></subform>
<occur max="-1"/>
<?templateDesigner expand 0?></subform>
<subform w="203.2mm" name="CommentField" layout="tb">
<field name="CommentFieldCrawl" minH="8.453mm" w="203.2mm">
<ui>
<textEdit multiLine="1">
<border presence="hidden"/>
<margin/>
</textEdit>
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Hi guys,
I don't think, that it is possible to change the values of the dropdown by changing only the xml-file.
I found another solution:
1. open the form in Acrobat Pro
2. select in the menu bar Form->Manage Form Data->Import Data
3. choose your current xml-file
4. save the form
Now the values are available.
To change the values, you have to repeat these 4 steps with a new xml-file.
regards
Martin

Need some help getting add/remove field buttons working

Someone here on the forums had previously assisted me with getting a button set up on a form that would add an additional text field to a form. I now need a separate button created that will delete a text field in case too many were added. I am hoping that someone can assist me with this since my XML knowledge is pretty much nil. It doesn't look like I can upload files to the forum here, so I am going to attempt to paste my code. I just need to get the "-" button to subtract a row. Thanks in advance for the assistance.
-Chris
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The (1) is incorrect for the removeInstance.
In the addInstance script the (1) is for "true" - merge the new instance with the data model.
In the removeInstance you need to specify which instance you want to remove.
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This counts the number of instances and then subtracts 1, because the instances are zero based.
I have also added a button within the repeating instance, which allows the user to select the instance they want to remove.
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The this.parent.index is telling Acrobat that the instance to delete is the one that the button is in.
Form is here: https://acrobat.com/#d=nn2Ubo6tq5TDEcrtnz-SCg
Good luck,
Niall

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[Intro]
I'm working on preparation of the legal form for tax return. Due to sophisticated form structure and customer's demand to prepare return of enourmous size (more than thusand pages) I decided to remake obsolete form using "comb of" option in order to reduce size of the source and prevent memory allocation issues on customer side.
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Legal requirement is to have typeface Courier New 16pt-18pt and cells of the certain size.
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Here you can see that chars are somehow centered inside of the cells but when I create comb in my livecycle designer it is not the case and I have different layout:
Look how letters are placed inside of the cells. After some research I've found out that there is a left margin which always exists in every cell of the comb, most probably triggered by the border. Tried to edit XML source but didn't achieve any significant success. The issue is not caused by the narrowness of the cells and reproductible even with extra wide ones.
Here is my current XML:
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This is how comb field is supposed to be rendered (screenshot from the documentation):
Everything is centered and it is a behaviour I supposed to see.
Are there any possible solutions how to place chars at center of the cells?

Hi Igor,
It's the font that you are using that causes the problem.
I found it weird, your problem, so I quickly made a form with a text field with a comb. I did not have the problem.
So I took your snippet and added it to my form, then I have the same problem. You are using Courier New, a font that has the same width for all characters. I don't know why the problem is there as for me it should be in the center as with all other fonts. I would report this as a bug to support.
I know it's not a solution for you, but that seems to be the root of the problem. Maybe you can look for another font, similar to Courier New, but that does not have a fixed width. I looked it up and it appears that there's a font called Hellschreiber, that uses the same letterforms, but is proportional. The font is not freely downloadable, so I cannot test for the moment. Another page says this: "There is a proportional font that kinda looks like Courier. It is called American Typewriter. " Again, I have not tested.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_(typeface)

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