Text Field Formatting

[pcwriter]

Hi all!

I'm working on a number of form packages, each with a final Text Field spanning a full page. The contents of the final Text Field are calculated according to user input in 45 other fields, so the length is highly variable.

Does anyone have any idea as to how the contents of this page-sized Text Field can be formatted into 2 columns for easier reading?

Alternatively, can 2 Text Fields be joined so that the variable length of the first "spills over" into the second?

Also, I can't figure out how to make certain portions of the contents display in the Text Field in bold. I've tried using ".bold()" but that just causes HTML tags to display "<B>, </B>". Any ideas on that one?:1_12:

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[christina]

Hi pcwriter, give us a file sample showing what you want to, please.

[pcwriter]

OK Christina, files on the way:1_26:

[christina]

I haven't got your file....

[pcwriter]

OK I sent them again to support@foxitsoftware.com

[christina]

Weird! Not reach me yet! Send to my personal inbox...

[pcwriter]

3rd attempt is on it's way!

[christina]

Ok, got it this oce.

[pcwriter]

Here's a little update on another problem solved with my form packages: huge filesize.

My 7-page prototype weighed in at a rather obese 9.8Mb! An unwieldy size for a form download, no? Even when zipped, it was 2.3Mb; too big.

Well, after trying many possible solutions (reducing the physical size of form fields... no change; eliminating color... no; reducing the quantity of fields... no; eliminating functions & actions... nuh-uh), it turns out that the practical maximum of pages is 6.

Yup. At 6 pages, no matter what's on them, the filesize is no more than 2Mb. Compressed, it's a featherweight: less than 500kb. Yippee: fast download.

So, 6 forms in a package >2Mb. Add a page, it leaps to 9.8Mb.


UPDATE - Hmmm... Sometimes, I'm full of hot air. I just built a 50 page form as a test and the thing is less than 1Mb! Go figure...

[christina]

Thanks for sharing......