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To insert run-time properties

Using run-time properties in a form design, you can display certain types of information in the form at run time. The types of information you can display are the current page, page count, current date/time, viewer locale, viewer name, and viewer version.

You can insert run-time properties into the following objects:

•	Numeric field

•

Text

•	Text field

You can only insert run-time properties into the value portion of the field and not the field’s caption.

You use the commands in the Insert menu to add run-time properties to a text object. Alternatively, you can use the Type list to add run-time properties to either a text field object or a numeric field object. LiveCycle Designer ES adds the run-time property to the selected object, along with a calculate script that generates the intended value and a default value based on the property.

Note:

When you add the current page run-time property to an object, do not apply the global binding option as well because LiveCycle Designer ES will apply the same page number on every page instead of unique values.

To add a run-time property to a text object

1.	Click the text field.

2.	Select Insert and select the run-time property you want to insert.

To add a run-time property to a text field or numeric field object

1.	Click the text field or numeric field.

2.	On the Object palette, click the Value tab and select Calculated – Read Only from the Type list. The Runtime Properties option appears.

3.	Select Runtime Properties and, in the list below it, select the run-time property you want to insert.

See also 

Overview of numeric fields

Overview of text

Overview of text fields

To insert run-time properties