Comments for The AcroTeX blog http://www.acrotex.net/blog The AcroTeX blog publishes articles on PDF and the AcroTeX family of LaTeX packages Tue, 15 May 2012 20:47:13 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Countdown Maximum Length Input by D. P. Story http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-56 D. P. Story Tue, 15 May 2012 20:47:13 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-56 The same script should work. A comb field sets the char limit. The script makes no distinction between the two. The same script should work. A comb field sets the char limit. The script makes no distinction between the two.

]]> Comment on Countdown Maximum Length Input by Dale Schrodetzki http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-55 Dale Schrodetzki Tue, 15 May 2012 20:40:15 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-55 Got the update Thanks! However, I am using Options; "Comb of" to limit my text / characters (an easy way to obtain a kerning effect). The current, updated script, I think, is using the "Limit of" option to set a maximum character limit. Options would be to script / Kern the text fields on a Document level or use the previous version (I do not have this script). Can this script reference the "Comb of" instead of "Limit of" ? I look forward to your thoughts.. D- Got the update Thanks!

However, I am using Options; “Comb of” to limit my text / characters
(an easy way to obtain a kerning effect).

The current, updated script, I think, is using the “Limit of” option
to set a maximum character limit.

Options would be to script / Kern the text fields on
a Document level or use the previous version (I do not have this script).

Can this script reference the “Comb of” instead of “Limit of” ?

I look forward to your thoughts..

D-

]]> Comment on Countdown Maximum Length Input by Karl Heinz Kremer http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-54 Karl Heinz Kremer Tue, 15 May 2012 15:28:29 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-54 Great. Thank you! Great. Thank you!

]]> Comment on Countdown Maximum Length Input by D. P. Story http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-53 D. P. Story Tue, 15 May 2012 14:08:46 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-53 Karl, I've uploaded a new version of this PDF that responds to Ctrl+Z. Ctrl+Z would enter the deleted text as committed text. I've remove the conditional if (!event.willCommit), so the keystroke script is executed for committed and uncommitted data. Karl, I’ve uploaded a new version of this PDF that responds to Ctrl+Z. Ctrl+Z would enter the deleted text as committed text. I’ve remove the conditional if (!event.willCommit), so the keystroke script is executed for committed and uncommitted data.

]]> Comment on Countdown Maximum Length Input by D. P. Story http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-52 D. P. Story Tue, 15 May 2012 12:52:05 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-52 Ctrl-Z is something that I never considered. If what you say is true, there is no solution until Acrobat reports Ctrl-Z. Thanks, dps Ctrl-Z is something that I never considered. If what you say is true, there is no solution until Acrobat reports Ctrl-Z.

Thanks, dps

]]> Comment on Countdown Maximum Length Input by Karl Heinz Kremer http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-51 Karl Heinz Kremer Tue, 15 May 2012 12:42:30 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=784#comment-51 Thank you for sharing your approach to solving this problem. I've tried this before and was not able to come up with a solution that covers all cases, so I was excited to see another approach. Unfortunately, your solution suffers from the same problem that I was not able to overcome as well: As long as you just enter and delete, or paste into the form field, everything works just fine. The problem is that you cannot correctly deal with the Ctrl-Z Undo operation: Acrobat does not send a keystroke event for that operation, so the character count is wrong right after the user presses Ctrl-Z. Things will of course be corrected when new characters are types. Again, thanks for sharing. Thank you for sharing your approach to solving this problem. I’ve tried this before and was not able to come up with a solution that covers all cases, so I was excited to see another approach. Unfortunately, your solution suffers from the same problem that I was not able to overcome as well: As long as you just enter and delete, or paste into the form field, everything works just fine. The problem is that you cannot correctly deal with the Ctrl-Z Undo operation: Acrobat does not send a keystroke event for that operation, so the character count is wrong right after the user presses Ctrl-Z. Things will of course be corrected when new characters are types.

Again, thanks for sharing.

]]> Comment on The fortextbook option: Part 2, The Student Edition by Ernest Afari http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=649#comment-48 Ernest Afari Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:51:29 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=649#comment-48 Hello Dr. Story, How are you Don? I am writing a textbook for the course I am teaching and so your latest creation "fortexbook" will be perfect for me. I have tried your source file "ltxfortexbook_se.ltx" but I am getting errors. I have installed the latest "eqexam". Is there something else I have to do? By the way, I am completing my PhD in June, 2012 and also two different journal articles I have written using your Jeopardy games have been accepted and in press. I will send you copies when they are finally published. Regards, Ernest Hello Dr. Story,

How are you Don? I am writing a textbook for the course I am teaching and so your latest creation “fortexbook” will be perfect for me. I have tried your source file “ltxfortexbook_se.ltx” but I am getting errors. I have installed the latest “eqexam”. Is there something else I have to do?

By the way, I am completing my PhD in June, 2012 and also two different journal articles I have written using your Jeopardy games have been accepted and in press. I will send you copies when they are finally published.

Regards,

Ernest

]]> Comment on Acrobat Security Changes in 10.1.1 and AcroTeX by D. P. Story http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=737#comment-47 D. P. Story Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:40:45 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=737#comment-47 Ernest, this new security is only for Acrobat X (or later). If you continue to use Version 9, leave your JavaScript where they are now. You only have to move them if you upgrade to X. Concerning your old documents, they do not change. When you created them with Version 9, any JS that was imported at that time was save within your document and is there still. So, don't worry, these changes apply to 10.1.1. Good to hear from you Ernest, don. Ernest, this new security is only for Acrobat X (or later). If you continue to use Version 9, leave your JavaScript where they are now. You only have to move them if you upgrade to X. Concerning your old documents, they do not change. When you created them with Version 9, any JS that was imported at that time was save within your document and is there still. So, don’t worry, these changes apply to 10.1.1.

Good to hear from you Ernest, don.

]]> Comment on Acrobat Security Changes in 10.1.1 and AcroTeX by Ernest Afari http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=737#comment-46 Ernest Afari Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:55:40 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=737#comment-46 I use Acrobat Pro version 9 (distiller work flow). If I move JaveScripts to this new location (%AppData%\Adobe\Acrobat\Privileged\10.0\JavaScripts), will the document I create the distiller 9 work well with Adobe reader 10? Or I have to buy Acrobat 10 and recreate all the previous documents I have created with Acrobat 9? I use Acrobat Pro version 9 (distiller work flow). If I move JaveScripts to this new location (%AppData%\Adobe\Acrobat\Privileged\10.0\JavaScripts), will the document
I create the distiller 9 work well with Adobe reader 10? Or I have to buy Acrobat 10 and recreate all the previous documents I have created with Acrobat 9?

]]> Comment on The Exam Record on the Cover Page by Aran Garcia-Bellido http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=703#comment-44 Aran Garcia-Bellido Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:30:32 +0000 http://www.acrotex.net/blog/?p=703#comment-44 Hello, this is a great tool, but I think it would be very nice to have acouple more options: 1) make the report available in the instructions, or as part of the title of the first page..., but basically not make it necessary to have a coverpage. 2) make the summary per problem: not per page or per part. Thanks! Hello, this is a great tool, but I think it would be very nice to have acouple more options:
1) make the report available in the instructions, or as part of the title of the first page…, but basically not make it necessary to have a coverpage.
2) make the summary per problem: not per page or per part.

Thanks!

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