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(") quote marks in text populated by Javascript??

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2008-01-10 21:23:53
cfinley
Registered: Jan 9 2008
Posts: 70
Answered

Hi,

I'm using the code found on http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/ask_an_expert/questions/view/1984/ to autopopulate text fields based on dropdown box choices, but one of the fields contains box for size - which uses inches for units... there isnt really room to spell out inches or even in. , so I kinda need to stick with "

ex: size: .109" x 12" x 8"

in the code,

PartSize.rawValue = ".109 x 12 x 8";
works fine

PartSize.rawValue = ".109" x 12" x 8":
Breaks everything, not just that field

is there some way I can still display " in the text field to stand for inches? Is there another character I can use to substitute in the code that will display as " ? Or do I have to do something like set " as a variable and then somehow reference the variable between the script " " ?

If the answer involves more Java please be as specific as possible or maybe include a small bit of sample code since I'm totally new to LiveCycle and especially JavaScript

Thanks!

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2008-01-11 02:57:26
#1
R_Boyd
Registered: Nov 1 2007
Posts: 151
The others will correct me if I'm wrong but you should be able to get it to work by using the escape characters \" to indicate a double quote.

PartSize.rawValue = ".109"\" x 12"\" x 8"\" ";
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2008-01-11 11:57:28
#2
cfinley
Registered: Jan 9 2008
Posts: 70
Thank you so much! I can't believe how helpful everyone has been for my newbie questions...

I tried your suggestion but it didnt work at first - I played around with it and found I had to use only single quote marks following the backslash

ex:

text displayed: .109" x 12" x 8"

working code: PartSize.rawValue = ".109\" x 12\" x 8\"";
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