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2011-02-10 01:44:37
Michelangelo
Registered: Feb 10 2011
Posts: 6
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Am trying to get my form to submit to 1 or 2 recipients depending on the state of a radio/checkbox yes or no.
 
Tried show/hiding submitbuttons but gave problems, seen the javascript insert recipient solution but can't get it to work on this..
 
any ideas how to set this up? form is fine, can put in 2 buttons to send to either 1 or 2 addresses but would like a cleaner solution that will change recipients on submitbutton.
 
fyi, email recipients are pre-known at initialization of form.
 
just can't figure this out..
   

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.1.3, Macintosh
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2011-02-10 01:58:09
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try67
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Be a bit more specific. Which code did you use, and what was the result?

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2011-02-10 02:04:40
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Michelangelo
Registered: Feb 10 2011
Posts: 6
tried fiddling with the conditional execution as explained here http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/conditional-execution, which seems to be the solution i need. Am fairly new on using javascript on forms so proper syntaxing this thing is my main problem.

Thanks for the response btw.
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2011-02-10 02:30:57
#3
try67
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So let's say the name of your check-box is CheckBox1 and the on-value is Yes.
You can do something like this (of course, you can adjust the actual details):

cb1 = this.getField("CheckBox1").value;
if (cb1=="Yes") {
// Submit the form to a single address
this.mailDoc(bUI:false, cTo:"address [at] server [dot] com", cSubject: "Email subject", cMsg: "Email body"});
} else {
// Submit the form to two addresses
this.mailDoc(bUI:false, cTo:"address [at] server [dot] com;address2 [at] server [dot] com", cSubject: "Email subject", cMsg: "Email body"});
}

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2011-02-10 02:48:13
#4
Michelangelo
Registered: Feb 10 2011
Posts: 6
i'll try it & let you know, looks like it's exactly what's needed, thanks!
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2011-02-11 04:43:13
#5
Michelangelo
Registered: Feb 10 2011
Posts: 6
try67,

am getting an error about a missing ) after argument list 4: at line 5..

sorry for being such a noob, can't seem to place this missing ) in the right place.. syntax seems correct to me..
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2011-02-11 04:46:34
#6
try67
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Sorry, I neglected to add the opening curly brackets in the begining of the mailDoc commands. It should have been:

cb1 = this.getField("CheckBox1").value;
if (cb1=="Yes") {
// Submit the form to a single address
this.mailDoc({bUI:false, cTo:"address [at] server [dot] com", cSubject: "Email subject", cMsg: "Email body"});
} else {
// Submit the form to two addresses
this.mailDoc({bUI:false, cTo:"address [at] server [dot] com;address2 [at] server [dot] com", cSubject: "Email subject", cMsg: "Email body"});
}

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2011-02-11 05:16:24
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Michelangelo
Registered: Feb 10 2011
Posts: 6
wow, great spotting that one, it's working!!! albeit in exact opposite, checked value YES sends 1 mail, unchecked sends 2..


thanks for your efforts, great help!
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2011-02-11 05:17:46
#8
try67
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Just add the extra address to the first mailDoc command (semi-colon separated), and remove it from the second one.

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2011-02-11 05:50:42
#9
Michelangelo
Registered: Feb 10 2011
Posts: 6
switched the mailDoc's around and it works like a charm! thanks again.
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2011-10-21 06:55:43
#10
rm304
Registered: Oct 21 2011
Posts: 1
I tried adding this script to a button and it does not work for me? What am I doing wrong?
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