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Carrying Data Forward into a Formula

Rolsskk
Registered: Feb 12 2008
Posts: 8

Hello,
I've got a question regarding data being carried forward, I would like to carry forward a number from page one, and on the second page, I would like to input that number in a field, divide it by two, and then round that number up. I was wondering how would I put that into FormCalc to make it compile properly?

Thanks.

My Product Information:
LiveCycle Designer, Windows
sconforms
Expert
Registered: Jul 10 2007
Posts: 92
Rolsskk,

On the second page, you could use a numeric field with a calculated value (set the "Object palette > Value tab > Type" property to "Calculated - Read Only" with "Calculation Script" selected) that has a little FormCalc expression like this (that you would set on the field by editing its Calculate event script using the Script Editor palette):Ceil(NumericField1 / 2)
The FormCalc "Ceil" function will round-up to the next integer. Note that this assumes that "NumericField1" is a unique object name within the entire form.

Stefan Cameron obtained his bachelor's degree with Honors in Computer Science at the University of Ottawa and is a Computer Scientist working on Adobe's LiveCycle server products, in particular on LiveCycle Designer ES for the past 5 years.