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the value entered does not match the format of field (xxxxx)

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2010-01-14 08:46:34
emisferio
Registered: Jan 13 2010
Posts: 2
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I created a form it is all about food cost

f-1 foodinvoice
f-2 sales
f-3 food cost
I did this foodinvoice / sales = food cost
the 3th field is formated as percentage but when the enduser starts filling out the form they get this massage (the value entered does not match the format of the field (xxxx)

please help

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
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2010-01-14 09:50:24
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
I have found it helpful to set the problem field to a format type of 'None' or 'Text' and then look at what is placed into the field as you fill in the form fields.

You can also use the custom custom calculation script in Acrobat and add some 'console.print()' statements to see what is going on. You can also add this statement to LiveCycle Designer calculations.

I expect that you are trying to divide by zero!

What is the result of division by zero?

Hint, JavaScirpt has controls that prevent run away infinite loops for this calculation.

George Kaiser

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