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Change email subject based on field data

2008-07-07 08:21:50

kbedward

Registered: Nov 9 2007

Posts: 29

Answered

I have a PDF form created in Acroforms 8 which has a button with the following code

this.mailDoc ({
cTo:
"New Site Construction - IT,",
cSubject: "New Site Setup",});

The button works fine but I would like to add the site name to the subject line based on what is entered in the "Site" text field.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows

2008-07-08 13:39:15

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

You can acquire the value of a field with code like this:

var cSite = this.getField("Site").value;

Then Apply it to the mail function like this:

this.mailDoc({...., cSubject: cSite });

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

2008-07-08 14:58:44

kbedward

Registered: Nov 9 2007

Posts: 29

Thanks Thom. What if I want the site name added to additional text in the subject line. Where would I put the cSite in the code?

2008-07-09 09:44:02

thomp

Registered: Feb 15 2006

Posts: 4411

Just add the text to "cSite". Here's a basic string concatonation operation. If you write much JavaScript in Acrobat, you'll be doing this a lot.

var cSite = ...;
var cMsg = "New Site Setup: " + cSite; // Text Concatonation
this.mailDoc({...., cSubject: cMsg });

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

2008-07-09 10:02:11

kbedward

Registered: Nov 9 2007

Posts: 29

That's Great!!!!

I changed the code to the following and it works like a charm!

var cSite = this.getField("Site").value;
var cMsg = "New Site Setup: " + cSite; // Text Concatonation
this.mailDoc ({
cTo:
"New Site Construction - IT, ",
cSubject:cMsg,});