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Calculate Difference (Minus) in Form Field

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2008-08-20 14:47:16
knowgood
Registered: Aug 20 2008
Posts: 13

Hello,

Like most folks, I'm starting off by saying I think what I'm looking for should be a program default! I need to be able to target one pair of fields at a time and tell Acrobat to calculate Field1 MINUS Field2 and put the difference in Field3. There is a default for sum, multiply, etc. but not difference. It seems like I need a custom calculation script, which I know nothing about. Please help if you can.

Thank you,
Alex Adams

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.0, Macintosh
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2008-08-20 15:22:06
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
Yes, you need to create a custom calculation scirpt or use the simplified field notation if you have field names that comply to the simple name format. The subtraction operator is the '-'. The other option for calculating are for calculations that can be applied to an array of field names, like count, sum, chain mulitply, and average.

You might want to look at the eSeminar on demand for Acro Forms and JavaScript.

George Kaiser

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