Dynamic date field and password protection

[kimh20816669]

I have a pdf that has a dynamic date field. The date field works great until I password protect the document and than it no longer works. Is there a way to still have the dynamic date field work AND have a password protected document? I need to password protect it so no one can make any changes to the document. I also need to it always have "todays date" displayed.

[try67]

You have to allow the filling-in of form fields in your policy for it to

work.

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 3:47 PM, kimh20816669 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[kimh20816669]

I have additional form fields in the pdf that need to be locked and un-editable by others.

[try67]

Then set them as read-only, but that setting must be enabled for the script to be able to change the value of your field.

[kimh20816669]

Got it! THANK YOU!

[kimh20816669]

Another quick question if anyone has an answer. When using a dynamic date field, is there a way to do it so that if a person opens your document and saves it, it saves with the date they saved the document and no longer updates. If that makes sense.

[try67]

Put the code under the Will Save event of the document (Tools - JavaScript - Set Document Actions) and add to it an if-condition that it should only populate the field if it's empty.

[kimh20816669]

This is the code I put in, but it is still changing after I save the document elsewhere.

var f = this.getField("Today");

f.value = util.printd("mmm/d/yyyy", new Date());

[try67]

Use this code:

var f = this.getField("Today");

if (f.valueAsString=="") f.value = util.printd("mmm/d/yyyy", new Date());

[kimh20816669]

I added this code to my document and it isn't working as I had hoped.

When I have this code in, the dynamic date field stays the same and doesn't update from day to day.

What I am hoping to do is have a dynamic date field in a pdf the always shows todays date. However, if someone SAVES the pdf to their computer, I want it to save with the date they saved the document so if they open in 2 days later, it still shows the old date when they saved it.

Is this possible?

[try67]

No. Saving the file to one's computer does not trigger any events in it. If you want to do that then you need to do it server-side, before sending them the file.

[Bernd Alheit]

At the Will Save event store the date in a hidden field. In your field "Today" use the date of the hidden field or the current date.