I am sure I will not ask this question using the right lingo, but here goes.
Is there a way to to have a selection made in a drop down list populate an different field? For example, I would have a drop down box named widgets. The options would be widget A - $10 and Widget B - $20. When the user selects either widget, I would like it's corresponding price to populate the "price" field.
I am then going to have multiple lines and total these. I have played with Exel a little and the import function, but it is not very user friendly. Since my widget prices are not likely to change - I have no real interest in maintaining s separate database anyway. I could just push out a new version of the PDF twice a year and call it done.
Any ideas on an easy way to do this?
Thanks E
Yes, you can do everything you asked for in a LiveCycle Designer form.
This video here at AUC on scripting in LCD forms is a good place to start-
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a200985228/p87746471/
You may also want to read this article at JavaScript Corner on programming list fields and dropdown menus-
http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2007/js_list_combo_livecycle/
( there are exmaple files with scripts included. Download those so you can examine the code to see how it's done)
Hope this helps,
Dimitri
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Dimitri Munkirs
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