Sharon,
This is admittedly a bad solution
(or no solution at all), but it is how I have handled the problem of creating
unique-identifying numbers for forms. I believe a good solution would
involve connecting the form to a database containing a field for the unique
form number (which would be incremented and then stored in the database every
time the form is accessed). Unfortunately, I have not yet connected any
PDF forms to databases.
The following _javascript_ creates a
unique number (12-digits) based on the date and time, so the number changes
every second and therefore probably produces a unique number, but
theoretically two users could access the form at exactly the same
time:
var d = new Date(); /* Create a
Date object containing the current date. */
var f =
this.getField("REQUISITION_NUMBER")
f.value =
util.printd("yymmddHHMMss", d);
This script is the same except
that it produces a shorter number (10-digit) that changes every 10
seconds:
var d = new Date(); /* Create a
Date object containing the current date. */
var f =
this.getField("REQNO")
var str =
util.printd("yymmddHHMMss", d);
f.value =
str.substr(1,10)
The parameters for
"substring" are the starting character and one more than the ending character
where the first character is numbered zero.
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From:
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Sent: Friday, June 13,
2003 2:43
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Subject: [PDF-Forms] Sequentially
Numbering PDF forms
I am
new to this list. I have a problem with a fill in PDF form that I've made. My
boss wants the form to be on the website and each one that is printed is
assigned a sequential number which can never repeat. It couldn't assign a
number each time it's viewed, it would actually have to be printed. There
won't be a submit button because we're still at the point where we need a
physical signature. For example an invoice would each have it's own number
that is in order. I know that the first thing to do would be to assign a form
field. I have found a form on the web and a random number is assigned but I
can't find anything that assigns a sequential one. Is this possible to do
within PDF with a _javascript_ or does it need to interact with the server to
get the number assigned? Unfortunately, I don't know _javascript_ or any other
kind of programming. Any help you could give me would be
appreciated.
