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Posts from the ‘Cookbooks’ Category

30
May
Events firing

How often events fire and their sequence

Some events fire more often than others. Depending on what the designer is trying to achieve, this can be inefficient and may not have the desired effect at runtime. Another issue is the sequence in which events fire. A designer may have a requirement for several scripts to fire in a certain sequence. Having an understanding of how LC Designer and Acrobat fire events can help at design time. Read moreRead more

30
May
Moving objects

Moving objects around a form

Allowing a user to move objects (in this case buttons) around the form. We wanted the user to be able position markers within a grid. The number (caption) of the button related to a particular solution in a table. Read moreRead more

29
May
Four options

Using LiveCycle forms in Acrobat and Reader

Sometimes a person will develop a form and test it on their PC with Acrobat. When they are happy with the look, feel and functionality they will send it out to users. If the users have Reader then some of the functionality may not be available, leading to frustration. Read moreRead more

29
May
acrobatmenuitems

Script to access Acrobat menu items

I had been trying to access Acrobat menu commands from within an XFA form. Some of these are readably available, however the problem remained however as the command I wanted to access was restricted for security reasons. Read moreRead more