Static forms - Dropdown list issue (closes immediately on open)

[adamjoel79]

Good afternoon community. So I am sharing a sample PDF to demonstrate an issue myself and others have had over the years. I shared it to another forum as well, but was told it was wrong and was questioned on "what I wanted to accomplish".

This is this forum where Radzmar mentioned to me that that one line of code " xfa.host.openlist("$") works - I know it does but only in DYNAMIC forms. and he stated that "this.Node" in my code doesn't do anything. In the example I shared it highlights all text when you re-enter the field by clicking in. I know some people have been looking for a way to do that on mouse click in the past but it is not a documented feature in LiveCycle.

And yes there are reasons to need a form to be static sometimes. I made one which I open and it gives me all fields to fill out and then it attaches itself to an email after it is locked down and made read only - except for a few fields for the carrier to fill out. (locking nodes and making it read only and further making it apply to specific fields doesn't work in dynamic files) - this file is also protected by password opening in LiveCycle so it protects their email addresses and my other business information.

Anyways, the recipient gets it in their email, opens it and  has only limited fields available to fill in, my other fields and dropdowns are secured so they cant alter the rate or find out what other carriers I use so on...  then they email it back to me and I can see their pickup numbers and signature that they accepted it.

I can share that form another time but I would have to strip all the business information is out. it is like a email workflow PDF I use for confirming carriers to pick up freight and deliver it (before a BOL)

Have a great day!

- Adam Joel