Form Validation (Form Properties dialog box)

Use this dialog box to control how Acrobat displays validation message boxes, highlights failed or mandatory fields that contain invalid data or no data, and sets the focus on the first field that fails to validate when the user submits the form.

To display this dialog box, select File > Form Properties > Form Validation.

Show Dialog Messages
Displays options that allow you to configure how Acrobat displays validation message boxes.
Configure how Acrobat displays validation message boxes
Enables options that allow you to specify how Acrobat displays validation message boxes.

Show every message in its own message box, one after the other
Displays each new validation error message after the user closes the current message.

Combine the messages of all the failed fields into one message box
Combines validation errors into a single list.

Show the first failed field’s message and suppress any other messages
Displays only the first validation error message.

Don’t show any messages boxes at all
Suppresses all validation messages.

Color Failed Fields
Displays options that allow you to choose the border and background colors that are used to highlight fields that fail to validate.
Color fields that fail their validations
Applies the selected border and background colors to fields that fail to validate. This option also enables the Border Color and Background Color options.

Border Color
Opens color palette. Selected color is applied to the borders of fields that fail to validate.

Background Color
Opens color palette. Selected color is applied to the background of fields that fail to validate.

Color Mandatory Fields
Displays options that allow you to choose the border and background colors that are used to highlight mandatory fields that fail to validate. This option also enables the Border Color and Background Color options.
Color mandatory fields that are not filled-in
Applies the selected border and background colors to mandatory fields that fail to validate. This option also enables the Border Color and Background Color options.

Border Color
Opens color palette. Selected color is applied to the borders of mandatory fields that fail to validate.

Background Color
Opens color palette. Selected color is applied to the background of mandatory fields that fail to validate.

Set Focus
Set focus to the first field that failed the validation
Selects the first field that fails to validate.

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