[Liz Larsen]

So I fiddled with this, doing all the things you did. I even renamed it various names that should work, like “test”. Still returned undefined.

Then I decided maybe that particular textbox was glitchy and I’d remake it. I copied it, deleted it, then CTRL+SHIFT+V, named it back to the original “FreefillAct1-1” and it worked ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Who tf knows?

[Liz Larsen]

I’m looking into this. I have a secret resource that can probably shed some light on this.

I’ll report back when I know more.

[Liz Larsen]

@isaac-harned Mitch says:

Quickest way [to bring data into a PDF] is to create a FDF with Excel and then to open it with Bluebeam. How I deal with a large amount of the same forms are to copy and rename the PDF form template with Excel and create all of the FDF files in the same folder. I then open all of the FDF files then close Bluebeam and save on close. The whole process takes about 2 min to do for 150 or so PDFs. Best way I’ve found to go from Bluebeam to Excel is CSV, and FDF is the best way to go from Excel to Bluebeam.

I hope this helps!

[Liz Larsen]

Actually, I’m being silly. @isaac-harned , my resource is your resource.

I’m reaching out to Mitch. Hopefully you didn’t already try that avenue.

[Liz Larsen]

I haven’t checked in to UChapter2 in a couple weeks and boy oh boy am I excited to see some more coding questions. It’s like Christmas Part 2! You have the best questions, @isaac-harned 🙂

I will take a closer look at this probably tomorrow and over the weekend.

[Liz Larsen]

Honestly, both questions sound like they warrant an email to Bluebeam tech support.

[Liz Larsen]

@Vince

Are the forms identical?

How many pages long is each form?

(I might be able to do it with JavaScript… No promises, though)

[Liz Larsen]

I have literally never used the typewriter. I guess I don’t have an issue with doing two clicks? Maybe I should give it a try and discover the wonder that is the typewriter tool?

[Liz Larsen]

Hey, no guarantee it’ll work for Isaac. I’m interested to see what his results are.

[Liz Larsen]

Ah, ok. Out of my depth here 😅

[Liz Larsen]

@isaac-harned It’s under Tools –> Form –> Export Data

[Liz Larsen]

I’ve always used the middle mouse button to pan while mid-markup.

But I did not know the spacebar trick. That is a Grade A pro tip right there, sir.

[Liz Larsen]

@David Cutler, I was also thinking that the PDFs would have to be merged before doing any sort of data processing on them.

[Liz Larsen]

I don’t know that this would provide the type of solution he’s looking for. Is there a way to export that markup info without individually opening every single PDF?

[Liz Larsen]

Nice! I did not know this option existed. I don’t work with forms a lot, so I’d love to hear the results once @Vince tests this.