When you save or preview the form
design using the Preview PDF tab, a variety of errors appear in
the the Report palette. Some of these errors appear in the Log tab.
Generating log messages reduces performance. Try to resolve as many
of these messages as possible.
For example, you may be able to resolve messages about font substitutions
by ensuring that the appropriate fonts are available. Some messages
are generated even when forms are working properly and you may not
be able to resolve them.
As you work in the form design, other messages, such as target
warning and scripting errors, generated by Designer appear in the
Warnings tab of the Report palette. Although the warnings and error
messages that appear in the Warnings tab do not affect performance,
they need to be fixed before you deploy the form.
You can
check for messages in the Designer Report palette. You can also
see these messages in the Forms log files. For more information
about the messages in the Report palette, see
Addressing warning messages in the Report palette
.
You should
always review both types of generated messages. Even if Designer
does not generate messages, the Forms environment may be significantly
different from your desktop environment.
The following
list provides examples of common messages generated when Forms renders
the form:
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“Fonts ZaDb was not found. It was degraded to Myriad
Pro.”
The
form uses a font that is not available to Forms and an available
font was substituted. If the form appears correctly using the substitution
font, you can eliminate this error by changing the form objects
to use the substitution font. You can also resolve this error by
installing the missing font for Forms.
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“Script failed (language is JavaScript; context is...)”
The
script cannot execute because of scripting errors. If the script
does not produce results in the form, this error may not be detected
when the form is tested. However, generating the error affects performance.
The
following example shows a script error:
script = function testFractionDigits(maxDigits)
{
index = this.rawValue.lastIndexOf(".");
if (index >= 0)
return (((this.rawValue.length1)index) <= maxDigits);
return true;
}
In this example, index is an undefined variable.
To resolve this error, add
var
in front of the
first instance of
index
.
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“Fonts used in fields cannot be subset. Font ArialMT not
subset and will be embedded.”
A font cannot be subset. To
resolve this error, use a standard font to eliminate font subsetting.
This change also reduces the size of the file produced.
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“ImageField access attribute should explicitly be set to
'nonInteractive'. Field will be drawn as boilerplate.”
An
image field object is rendered as non-interactive in Acrobat 6.0.2
Professional and Acrobat 6.0.2 Standard and Adobe Reader 6.0.2 forms.
To resolve this message, convert the object to a static image object.
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“Invalid layout attribute on subform AccountDetails. Using
default.”
A subform has a row layout type that should be
nested inside a table parent, but it is not enclosed in a table.
To resolve this error, move this subform into a table or change
the subform type to Positioned Content or Flowed Content.
