Picture puzzle

Posted in: LiveCycle- Nov 21, 2010 No Comments

This form demonstrates a few tricks albeit in a irreverent way. Firstly using an ‘Adobe’ grey as a background allows your form to be part of the application, rather than sitting on top it. The second uses script to allow the use to select a part of the puzzle and move it into the correct [...]

Keeping track of scores

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Forms can de used to ask users questions. Sometimes the question is a simple yes or no. Other times you may have questions with more than two choices or with complicated scoring requirements. This sample will show you two options for keeping scores.

Repeating non-null data in tables

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There may be situations where you only want the user to print a table with rows that contain data. This is particularly useful where a user is presented with a table containing many rows. Once the user has selected the rows that are applicable, the print buttons allow the user to print only the information [...]

How often events fire and their sequence

Posted in: LiveCycle- Nov 21, 2010 1 Comment

Some events fire more often than others. Depending on what the designer is trying to achieve, this can be inefficient and may not have the desired effect at runtime. Another issue is the sequence in which events fire. A designer may have a requirement for several scripts to fire in a certain sequence. Having an [...]

Moving objects around a form

Posted in: LiveCycle- Nov 21, 2010 No Comments

From time to time you may want to allow a user to move objects (in this case buttons) around your form. Here we wanted the user to be able position markers within a grid. The number (caption) of the button related to a particular solution in a table.