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Field Letter Calculation

2007-04-04 11:00:07

djfixxx

Registered: Mar 22 2007

Posts: 111

Need to know if I can create a script on a form fill for a field that, if I type the letter A in one field it will calculate times 0.485 from another field entry of 10 or 12 for mileage.
Basically if they type A = Auto and 12 for miles it will calcutate that mileage or M = Motorcycle 12 times 0.365

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Acrobat Pro 8, Windows

2007-04-04 11:20:26

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

Yes you can do this, although it might be better to use radio buttons for the M/A selection. This way users can't enter invalid values.

The specifics of how you do this depend on the forms technology your are using. Was this form created in Acrobat or in LiveCycle Designer?

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2007-04-04 12:20:04

djfixxx

Registered: Mar 22 2007

Posts: 111

It was created in Acrobat from Word so I will have to redo the fields which is no problem. I can use what ever is easier.
Here is the form
[url=http://www.rockndj.com/ExpenseVoucher.pdf]http://www.rockndj.com/ExpenseVoucher.pdf[/url]

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2007-04-04 12:20:48

djfixxx

Registered: Mar 22 2007

Posts: 111

How would you use a Radio Button to have A = 0.485 ot M = 0.365

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2007-04-05 07:44:41

djfixxx

Registered: Mar 22 2007

Posts: 111

OK I did it both ways and it worked. I set the Vehicle.2 fields Export Values for each dropdown.
Dropdown A export value 0.485, dropdown M Export Value = 0.305.
Then for Mileage Amount I added this script.
event.value = this.getField("Vehicle.2").value*this.getField("Miles.2").value;

Miles.2 is the actual driven miles i.e. 22
and it calculates and $ amount.
Thanks for your help.

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