Supported script functions

The script functions in the table below have full or limited support. If a function is not found in the table, it is not implemented.

•	Fully supported functions work according to the Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform Document Services – Designer 10.0 Scripting Reference.

•	Partially supported functions work according to the Designer Scripting Reference with the exceptions shown in the table below.

 

Function	Comments
absPage	Full support
absPageCount	Full support
absPageSpan	Full support
addInstance	• Boolean parameter param is not supported. • The new instance is not merged with the data DOM. • This function will fail if the maxOccurs attribute of a subform within its given context is exceeded by adding the subform.
addItem	Full support
assignNode	• This function only works for nodes in the form DOM or in the layout DOM. • The param3 parameter is not supported. • Creation of new nodes does not work. • This function will always try to assign the value to an existing node, or else it fails.
boundItem	Full support
clearItems	Full support
clone	This function only works for nodes in the form DOM or in the layout DOM.
deleteItem	Full support
execCalculate	This function is only supported for exclGroup, field, form and subform.
execEvent	Full support
execInitialize	This function is only supported for exclGroup, field, form and subform.
getAttribute	Full support
getDisplayItem	Full support
getElement	Full support
getItemState	Full support
getSaveItem	Full support
h	• This function is only supported for field, draw, subform and contentArea. • The param3 parameter must be 0 otherwise this function will return 0.
isCompatibleNS	• For objects in the template DOM, the form DOM and the layout DOM, this function will return true for the following namespaces: http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/ http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.1/ http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.4/ http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/ http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/ • For objects in the data DOM, this function will return true for: http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/ • All other namespaces-object model combinations will return false.
isPropertySpecified	Full support
item	Full support
message	Full support
messageBox	• Implemented in java script only, but no message box is displayed. • Method always returns 2 (cancel).
namedItem	Full support
page	Full support
pageContent	• No support for getting all page content (i.e. specifying "empty" for param2). • No support for param3. • This function will always search the entire page including both pageArea and contentAreas.
pageCount	Full support
pageSpan	Full support
relayout	• Limited functionality. The current layout is completely finished, and then a second layout pass will run. This second pass will recreate all pages, and layout all objects from the start on the pages. • Scripts on form nodes are not rerun after this re-layout. Only scripts present on overflow headers and footers and boilerplate objects will run.
remerge	This function will do a complete remake of the form DOM, but this remake will only be done once. If remerge is called again in the second pass of merging the DOM, it will have no effect.
removeInstance	Full support
resolveNode	Full support
resolveNodes	Full support
saveXML	This function is implemented, but the returned XML cannot be guaranteed to be correct.
selectedMember	Full support
setAttribute	Full support
setElement	This function is implemented, but does not work correctly. Replacing elements will not always be reflected in the output.
setItems	Full support
setItemState	Full support
sheet	This function always returns the same value as page.
sheetCount	This function always returns the same value as page.
w	• This function is only supported for field, draw, subform, contentArea and pageArea. • The param3 parameter must be 0 otherwise this function will return 0.
x	The param3 parameter must be 0 otherwise this function will return 0.
y	The param3 parameter must be 0 otherwise this function will return 0.