For example, if you wanted to use the result obtained from calculating two form fields to calculate the value of a third form field, the first two form fields must be calculated together first to obtain the correct final results.
The Calculate Fields dialog box displays all calculable fields in your form and the order in which the calculations are performed.
To change the field calculation order, select the field from the list, and then click the Up or Down button as needed. Acrobat automatically performs all assigned field calculations when you are creating and testing your form fields.
For convenience, while you work, you can turn off automatic calculation in the forms preferences. The Signed tab is available only in the Digital Signature Properties dialog box. Selections made here determine what happens when the user applies a digital signature to the form. Nothing Happens When Signed. Mark As Read-Only. Prevents further changes to the digitally signed form, according to the selection in the pop-up menu:. All Fields Except These. Allows changes only to the form fields you select by clicking the Pick button and selecting check boxes for the fields that you want the user to be able to edit after signing.
Just These Fields. Activates a custom JavaScript when the user digitally signs the form. Use the Edit button to change or create a new JavaScript action. The Format tab appears in the Properties dialog box for only text form fields or dropdown form fields. The options that are available depend on your selection in the Select Format Category pop-up menu. The Example of Current Format field displays a live preview of the settings.
No additional options are available. The input in a text or dropdown box with this property does not require any specific formatting. Decimal Places. Separator Style. Currency Symbol. Symbol Location. Sets the location of the currency symbol in relation to the number. This field is enabled if a currency symbol is selected. Negative Number Style. Sets how negative numbers are displayed. List includes one-, two-, and four-digit variations where d stands for the day, m stands for month, and y stands for year.
List includes display variations where h stands for the hour on a hour clock, H stands for the hour on a hour clock, MM stands for minutes, ss stands for the seconds, and tt stands for AM or PM.
Phone Number. Social Security Number. For a nine-digit U. Hyphens are inserted automatically after the third and fifth digits. Arbitrary Mask. Changes the format category to Custom and makes another text field available, in which you can type a custom format. Use this option to specify which types of characters the user can enter in any given position, and how the data displays in the field.
Accepts spaces and most printable characters, including all characters available on a standard keyboard and ANSI characters in the ranges of 32— and — Makes additional options available to form designers who want to write their own JavaScripts for formatting and keystrokes.
For example, a custom script could define a new currency format or limit the user entry to specific keystroke characters. Custom Format Script. Displays any custom scripts you have added for formats. The Edit button opens a dialog box in which you can write and add new scripts. Custom Keystroke Script. Displays any custom scripts you have added to validate keystrokes. Validation properties restrict entries to specified ranges, values, or characters, ensuring that users enter the appropriate data for a specified form field.
Field Value Is Not Validated. Field Value Is In Range. Sets a numeric range for form fields using values you enter in either as a number or a percentage.
Run Custom Validation Script. Encode Using. Encodes the data into the barcode in standard XFDF format. JavaScript script is automatically generated. Tab Delimited. Encodes the fields into the barcode as tab-delimited values. If the form is configured to output the data in individual XFDF or XDP files, the data must be in a tab-delimited format with the field names in the first line.
This option is also useful if you want to fit more data into a barcode or if you intend to copy the data into database or spreadsheet tables. Opens a dialog box in which you select which user data fields will be encoded in the barcode for you to retrieve. Include Field Names. Available only when Tab Delimited encoding is selected.
Encodes field names as the first line of the barcode contents. The values are encoded under them. Displays the default script. Click the Edit button to open the JavaScript Editor dialog box, in which you can write custom calculation scripts for your barcode. Reference To published Form. Shows the path to the PDF form.
You can edit this by typing in the URL to the published form. Later, you can re-create a digital version of the completed form by merging the form template with an instance of user-supplied data. You can also maintain the relationship between a specific form template and its related barcode data files. When you encode a barcode using XML values, the URL reference is encoded into the barcode and is displayed on the form, below the barcode.
You can save, reuse, and share a set of custom settings for barcode parameters, to apply them when you create new barcode form fields. You can make further adjustments to your custom parameter sets after you define them. All of these processes begin by opening the barcode form field properties dialog box. To open the properties dialog box, double-click the barcode field. Select the existing parameter set that you want to use as the basis of the new set, and click New.
Type a name in the Name box and a description in the Description box. The newly defined parameter set appears in the list in the Manage Barcode Parameters dialog box, and all the buttons on the right side of the dialog box become available. The new definition also appears in the Decode Condition menu in the Options tab of the Barcode Field Properties dialog box. Click Edit and make the changes to the settings; then click OK. Click Delete. Confirm the deletion in the message that appears by clicking OK.
Select a barcode parameter set from the list and click Export. Select a location and file name for the file that has the file name extension. After you change properties for a specific type of form field, you can set those properties as the default set for that type. For example, you can create a checkbox, change its properties, and then save the properties as the default values. The default values can be only for Appearance and Size related attributes of the field. Properties for format related attributes like Date cannot be set as default.
Right-click the form field for which you have already changed properties, and choose Use Current Properties As New Defaults. Changing the default properties does not change the settings for existing form fields of that type. The new defaults apply only to new fields that you create.
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Close Closes the form field Properties dialog box. Modify form field properties. Open the Properties dialog box using one of the following methods:.
Change the properties on each of the available tabs, as needed. The property is changed as soon as you select another property or press Enter. Click Close. General tab for form field properties. The General tab appears for all types of form fields and includes the following options:.
Specifies the unique name of the selected form field. Form Field. Rotates the form field by 0, 90, , or Degrees. Read Only. Prevents the user from changing the form field content. Appearance tab for form field properties. Specifies the width of the frame surrounding the form field: Thin, Medium, or Thick. Fill Color. Line Style. Alters the appearance of the frame. Font Size. Text Color. Opens a color picker in which you can select a color swatch for the text or selection marker.
Position tab for form field properties. Options tab for form field properties. The Options tab for barcode field properties contains the following:. X Dimension. Check boxes. Shows the check box selected unless the user deselects it. Drop-down and list box. Accepts the text that you type for options that you want to appear in the menu for the field.
Moves the current entry in Item to the Item List. Item List. Displays the choices that will be available in the list. Removes the selected item from the list. Sort Items. Dropdown only Enables users to enter a value other than the ones in the list. List boxes only Enables users to choose more than one item in the list. Radio buttons. Sets the selection state of the button when the user first opens the form.
Text Fields. Text fields accept user input, which can be alphabetic characters, numbers, or both. Aligns the text left, right, or center within the field. Allows more than a single-line entry in the text field. Compensates for text that extends beyond the boundaries of the text field. Allows entries of up to the number of characters you specify. If you entered a default value, that value is clipped to this limit. Checks the spelling of user-entered text. Actions tab for form field properties.
Opens a window for the selected action. Opens a dialog box with specific options for the selected action. Removes the selected action or trigger-action pair. Calculate tab for form field properties. Select this if you want the user to type. Select this to make further options available:. Pop-up menu. Field names are case-sensitive. Set the calculation order of form fields. Signed tab for form field properties.
This is the default. All Fields. Prevents any changes to any form field. Prevents changes in only the form fields you pick. Format tab for form field properties. Automatically imposes the selected formatting options on numeric data entries. Sets the number of digits that appear to the right of the decimal point. Sets the placement of commas and periods.
Sets the type of currency, such as Euros, Dollars, or Yen. Automatically imposes the selected formatting options on numeric data expressed as a percentage. Zip Code. For a five-digit U. Learn more. Asked 5 years, 7 months ago. Active 6 months ago. Viewed 6k times. Thank you. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Max Wyss Max Wyss 3, 2 2 gold badges 16 16 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. Maybe I'm missing something, but I think the question had an implied "If it's possible, how?
Max Wyss, Could you pleas explain how I can do this? Shrinking the text does not imply expanding text forms although it would work as a solution for some I don't see it working for my project. I do like the solution regarding counting characters and line breaking just not sure how to implement that.
GeorgeGarey You let the user enter whatever, and in the Format event, you will use event. Then you would re calculate the coordinates of the field and set them with the event. A good approximation for the number of characters per line is the number of "n" you can put into one line of your field. MaxWyss I will try creating a script dynamically with javascript that auto adjusts the text fields i'm just not sure how to start.
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