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Conversion of Word 2007 fillable form (& associated VBA) to PDF fillable form?
I have a Word 2007 form containing fields encompassing checkboxes and text boxes. There is VBA coding behind these boxes to perform a number of editing routines such as mutually exclusive marking of checkboxes (restricting the user to only check one of three boxes, ... not two or three), requiring a text field to be completed if a certain checkbox is marked, etc. The form converts perfectly ... in fact better than the Word version! However, none of VBA code is converted or carried over into the PDF version.
Is there any way to convert the code, short of replacing it with Java scripting? I'm too old (73) to learn anything new such as Java. I'm having enough problems dealing with Access, Word, VBA, and their associated variations & different versions.
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Is there any way to convert the code, short of replacing it with Java scripting? I'm too old (73) to learn anything new such as Java. I'm having enough problems dealing with Access, Word, VBA, and their associated variations & different versions.
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Hmm. It seems that the Adobe PDF scripting language is, in fact, JavaScript as you supposed.
It may be cold comfort to you, but the few syntax differences between VB and Javascript are easier to learn than the fact that you will be dealing with a different object model in PDF documents.
It may be cold comfort to you, but the few syntax differences between VB and Javascript are easier to learn than the fact that you will be dealing with a different object model in PDF documents.
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Based upon the above comments and my own research, I don't think that any conversion exists. However, maybe some "sample" code exists to accomplish some of the functions I'm looking for. Does any one know of any webs sites that offer this?
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However, I think that if Adobe PDF uses VBA as a scripting language, I would have caught some whiff if it by now. Be that as it may, I will research it for you.