Your second PDF form with Scribus (and Javascript)
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Introduction
JavaScript functions in a PDF document
Adding new functions
Go to Edit/Javascripts... and click on Add. Choose a name for your new function and click on OK to launch a built-in JavaScript editor. Let us start with a simple alert that will be displayed on launching the PDF formular in Adobe Reader:
function RunOnLaunch() { app.alert('Welcome to the Scribus Demo Form. This document wide script has been run while opening this PDF document. To see how it works, please open the source file in Scribus and go to Edit/Javascripts and to File/Export/Save as PDF/Viewer/Special Actions. ');
}
Launching JavaScript functions
Adding JavaScript to PDF form elements
Validate form fields
Calculate form field values
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