berend
September 19th, 2006, 01:39 AM
Hello,
I have downloaded and installed version 2.0 today, to see if it may replace adobe/cutepdf form filler. Unfortunately, I could not get the javascript feature to work which is important for the type of forms that our customers use.
When I open a form containing javascript, it told me to download the optional javascript plugin, so far so good. After that I also got Foxit_JS_ExObjects.dll and js.dll in C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader, both dated today.
However, both test forms I tried failed.
Test 1: http://www.berend.com/download/javascriptdemo.pdf
http://tweakers.net/ext/f/c9681d35009ac6c624c9a86d467380af/full.png
This is a fairly simple demo form that is intended to test field recalculation capabilities of the form filler.
Problems found:
- default value in first edit field is not initialised
- checkbox and push button should alter value in second edit field, doesn't happen
- new value entered in first edit field should alter value of second edit field when field is left, doesn't happen
Test 2: http://www.berend.com/download/errormsg.pdf
http://tweakers.net/ext/f/785f45bbfe966a48bb3057837c065066/full.png
This is a more complex "real world example" form, that intends to demonstrate that a complex form (building permit application) could be entered as pdf instead of as paper form.
In the screenshot you see a checkbox on the first page of the form. When this box is checked, it should enter a value in one of the date fields (see blue arrow in Adobe Acrobat screenshot). In foxit reader this doesn't happen and an error message [The method "printd" defines in "util" runs failed, Position:line 31,] appears.
I have downloaded and installed version 2.0 today, to see if it may replace adobe/cutepdf form filler. Unfortunately, I could not get the javascript feature to work which is important for the type of forms that our customers use.
When I open a form containing javascript, it told me to download the optional javascript plugin, so far so good. After that I also got Foxit_JS_ExObjects.dll and js.dll in C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader, both dated today.
However, both test forms I tried failed.
Test 1: http://www.berend.com/download/javascriptdemo.pdf
http://tweakers.net/ext/f/c9681d35009ac6c624c9a86d467380af/full.png
This is a fairly simple demo form that is intended to test field recalculation capabilities of the form filler.
Problems found:
- default value in first edit field is not initialised
- checkbox and push button should alter value in second edit field, doesn't happen
- new value entered in first edit field should alter value of second edit field when field is left, doesn't happen
Test 2: http://www.berend.com/download/errormsg.pdf
http://tweakers.net/ext/f/785f45bbfe966a48bb3057837c065066/full.png
This is a more complex "real world example" form, that intends to demonstrate that a complex form (building permit application) could be entered as pdf instead of as paper form.
In the screenshot you see a checkbox on the first page of the form. When this box is checked, it should enter a value in one of the date fields (see blue arrow in Adobe Acrobat screenshot). In foxit reader this doesn't happen and an error message [The method "printd" defines in "util" runs failed, Position:line 31,] appears.