Re: AW: print user text in fields

[ecashin@coe.uga.edu (Ed L. Cashin)]

Haseloff, Lutz <Lutz.Haseloff@mdf.brandenburg.de> writes:

> > Hi.  I'm now (re)reading the uptodate-1 document.  I notice that when
> > I type some text into the text fields and then print, the text I
> > entered does not show up in the printed version.  Is that a Acrobat
> > Reader thing or a ConTeXt thing?
> 
> You have to make the fields printable:
> \setupfields [][][][option=printable]
> 
> > There are some departments on campus who use HTML forms on the web as
> > static forms.  They enter text into the HTML fields and then instead
> > of submitting the form, they just print it.  It's not a very reliable
> > way to do things, but they do it.  Could the same be done in
> > ConTeXt-generated pdf documents?
> 
> YES YOU CAN, i work for several weeks to build such forms
> and i can give you some examples for ConTeXt in source form.

This is great news, and my little test worked just now.  I realize
now, upon looking more closely, that there is a lot to learn about
form fields in context.

I looked for "stelveldenin" and "definieerveld" in the Dutch manual,
but I suppose that these features haven't made it into the manual yet,
since I didn't see them there.

Is uptodate number one the only place to read about fields or am I
forgetting/missing another source of documentation?

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