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Designer includes extensive scripting
capabilities, including support for the most common JavaScript objects
from Acrobat. When you convert an Acrobat form to Designer, most
JavaScript scripts continue to work without requiring changes. However,
you will need to manually convert some JavaScript scripts from Acrobat
to maintain the behavior of your Acrobat form.
When converting scripts on your Acrobat form, note that Designer
scripting differs from scripting in Acrobat in several ways:
- Designer workspace
- In the Designer workspace, you can change object properties
and behaviors on your form without requiring you to create scripts.
- Scripting languages
- Designer includes support for JavaScript as well as for FormCalc,
which is a simple calculation language. FormCalc includes built-in functions
that perform many useful operations that would otherwise require extensive
scripting.
- Referencing objects, properties, and methods
- Designer forms are highly structured; therefore, to reference
specific objects, properties, or methods, you must include the appropriate
reference syntax in your script. You can use the statement completion
options in the Script Editor to assist you in creating reference
syntaxes.
It is possible to continue to use JavaScript objects,
properties, and methods from Acrobat in Designer. However, you should
consider JavaScript from Acrobat only for tasks that you cannot
perform using the XML Form Object Model in Designer. For example,
you can use JavaScript from Acrobat to add attachments, bookmarks,
and annotations; search or spell check the form; create reports;
or access and manipulate metadata. You cannot use JavaScript from
Acrobat to perform actions such as setting field values, adding
new fields to a form, or deleting pages from a form.
Note: You cannot use Acrobat to add JavaScript scripts
to a Designer form, including Acrobat forms that you have converted
using Designer. When you view a Designer form in Acrobat, all JavaScript
tools are unavailable.
For more information about converting
Acrobat scripting to Designer, see the article Converting Acrobat JavaScript for Use in
Designer Forms in the Developer Center.
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