PDF Forms Using Acrobat® and LiveCycle® Designer Bible

Chapter 19. Creating JavaScripts for Acrobat Users

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Adding new fields to forms

• Working with page templates

• Sending data to summary forms

• Customizing menus

When you design forms for distribution to an unknown audience of users, you'll want to be certain your forms use program features and JavaScripts that can be performed by users of Acrobat and Adobe Reader.

If you have a known audience of Acrobat only users such as coworkers in an enterprise environment, you can add JavaScripts for a number of different actions with more dynamic features on forms that can be used only with Acrobat.

You may work in an accounting office where you need to create calculation tapes to show values calculated for auditing purposes, or need to create additional pages on a time and billing form, or perhaps you want to send data from one form to another form for summarizing data.

If all your form recipients use Acrobat, you have some more options for adding these features that can be performed only by the Acrobat users. The real power for dynamic interactivity that can be used by both Adobe Reader users and Acrobat users rests with Adobe LiveCycle Designer. But, if you're an Acrobat Forms author, you still have some opportunities for creating some dynamic type of interactive forms using Acrobat.

Beginning in Chapter 20 we introduce Adobe LiveCycle Designer, where you find the best in regard to dynamic forms. To end this part of the book on Acrobat Forms, we talk about creating JavaScripts that can ...