Dear Maciej Hanski, Thans a TON, it works great with 1.3.9 too. Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks Love and regards Prasad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maciej Hanski" <[email protected]> To: <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [Scribus] Javascript ON BLUR > Prasad Mhatre napisa?(a): >> Dear Friends, >> >> Can someone let me know some good examples using javascript? >> >> I need to use some validation and conversion in my forms. >> e.g. with thml form below: >> //----- To convert User Id to Upper Case. >> var UserId1; >> function ChangeCase(inputform) >> { >> UserId1 = inputform.user_id.value; >> inputform.user_id.value=UserId1.toUpperCase(); >> return ; >> } >> >> and inside the form >> <input name="user_id" type = "text" >> OnBlur="ChangeCase(document.FrmLogin)" OnFocus="SelectText(this);" >> maxlength=20> >> >> Is this possible with Scribus? >> >> Thanks >> Love and regards >> Prasad >> > > Hi Prasad and welcome to the Scribus mailing list, > > a good entry point is the "PDF Forms" category within the Scribus Wiki: > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Category:PDF_Forms > > In particular, please check out this new article written by a nice guy > from Australia (our new Wiki author who specializes on this area, > finally:): > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/How_to_enhance_your_PDF_forms_with_JavaScript > > > Now to your specific questions (beware, I'm not a javascript or pdf > forms guru, I just want to help, since there have been no other specific > responces to your questions so far): > > 1. You won't be able to define many forms within a PDF documents, so a > function using inputform as an input parameter like > ChangeCase(inputform) won't make any sense in this case. > > 2. But you may of course define document wide JavaScript functions in > Scribus, please go to Edit/JavaScript and add your functions there, e.g. > something like: > > function RunOnLaunch() > { > app.alert('Welcome stranger'); > } > > You may call these functions then while opening a pdf document > (onlaunch), just go to "File/Save as PDF/Viewer/SpecialActions" and > choose a Javascript function to be executed. You may as well call these > functions from within your PDF form elements (text fields, buttons, > etc.) -- see below. > > 3. To define what should happen e.g. onBlur, right click on an PDF form > element, select "PDF options/Field properties/Action" tab, specify > JavaScript as Action Type and choose e.g. "OnBlur" from the drop down > list. The last thing to do is to click on "Edit..." and define your > actions, either by writing your code within this very element or by > calling one of your document wide functions. E.g. to change everything > in your user_id field to upper case, you could do sth like this (just > tested, works with Scribus 1.3.4): > > this.getField("user_id").value=this.getField("user_id").value.toUpperCase(); > > 4. Important: PDF forms support has been broken in the last 2 stable > Scribus releases (1.3.3.8 and 1.3.3.9) so please either use an older > version (e.g. 1.3.3.7), or use the unstable branch 1.3.4 and accept the > risks, or just wait until the issues in question are fixed. > > hth somehow > Maciej > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
