Acrobat Forms JavaScript Object Specification

For each event, except the mouse related events, the static event object is populated with the

following data. In most events, it is important for JavaScript to set the

(return code)

property to indicate that the event can proceed.

selEnd

Type: Integer

Event: Keystroke

Access: R/W

This property specifies the ending position of the current text selection during a keystroke

event.

selStart

Type: Integer

Event: Keystroke

Access: R/W

This property specifies the starting position of the current text selection during a keystroke

event.

shift

Type: Boolean

Event: Keystroke, Mouse events Access: R

This property is a boolean that specifies whether the shift key is down during a particular

event.

target

Type: Object

Event: All events

Access: R

This property contains the target object that triggered the event. In all mouse events it is the

field object that triggered the event. In other events like page open and close it is the document

value

Type: Various

Event: Validate, Calculate, Format, SelChange Access: R/W

For the

validate

event,

value

is the value that the field contains when it is committed. The

current field value is the

value

property for the field. For example, the following JavaScript

verifies that the field value is between zero and 100.

Example:

if (event.value < 0 || event.value > 100) {

app.beep(0);

Acrobat Forms - JavaScript Object Specification