accessing form fields from pages with same form names

[joeitaliano]

hello

i have a form which has two pages. both of these pages are the same therefore the two forms have the same names of the form fields on each page

is it possible for me to read the fields from page 1 separate to those on page 2 and how do i specify the fields so that the page 2 form fields is read instead of those on page 1

thanks joe

[Chris - PDF-XChange]

Hi Joe,

If the form field names are the same on both pages then the data for both pages is connected only one field. Or The Second field is set to equal the one on the first field. Probably both have the same field name though.

The form field names on page 2 need to be unique to page one.

Currently we cannot edit fieldnames or form element properties for forms. You may need to contact the author of the form and have them use unique field names for each form. Until our V3 Viewer is released and our planned forms designer ready I have no other suggestions to solve this for now.

Best,
Chris

[joeitaliano]

hi chris

is it possible to rename the fields up loading pdf

the pdf form is an annex for preparing legal documents so is it possible for me to load and rename the field on that form

if so how can i rename them

thanks

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

Hi, joe.

No way for renaming form fields currently.
Note: renaming of form fields is not trivial task because form can contain java-scripts which may use existing form fields by original names..

Best
Regards.

[joeitaliano]

i have come up with one idea

instead of inserting the annexs into the main document i can open the annex pdf separately.

therefore i can have multiple copies of these files opened at the same time

my only issue is that i need to print all the documents as one print job because the documents have to be printed on a duplex printer without and blank pages

is there a way that i can collate all the documents before printing so it prints as one document

[Vasyl - PDF-XChange]

You may merge all documents into one and print result document.
Look to [Reference/NamedItems/Objects/Documents/Item/InsertPages] in SDK Help...
Note: do not merge pdfs with forms (acro or XFA) because form will be lost in result pdf (we unsupported currently the merging of pdf-forms, feature will be in V3 only).

HTH.

[joeitaliano]

do you have a date for v3 release

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Joe,

The estimate for now is early in Q2.

I also tried to answer your e-mail you sent to support@ but got the mail returned with "quata exceeded".

Best,
Stefan