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Checkbox conditional on value of another field

2011-09-20 05:41:05

bren1519

Registered: Apr 28 2008

Posts: 27

Answered

Hi,
I have a form where we want the user to fill in the number of hours that they worked on a project. If the value is <=4 then I want Box A to be automatically ticked. If the value is >4 then I want Box B to be automatically ticked. If no hours are recorded both tick boxes should be blank

Appreciate the help!
Brenda

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows

2011-09-20 08:43:19

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

See this article on Conditional Execution

If this is an AcroForm, and the Boxes are check boxes, then this script will work when placed in the custom format script for the hours field

if((String(event.value) == "") || (event.value == 0))
{// No Entry
this.getField("BoxA") = "Off";
this.getField("BoxB") = "Off";
}
else if(event.value <= 4)
{
this.getField("BoxA") = "Yes";
this.getField("BoxB") = "Off";
}
else
{
this.getField("BoxA") = "Off";
this.getField("BoxB") = "Yes";
}

Thom Parker
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2011-09-20 11:30:32

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

Posts: 2398

Accepted Answer

In all the instances where Thom wrote:
this.getField("BoxA") = "Off";
it should have been:
this.getField("BoxA").value = "Off";

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2011-09-20 11:37:42