Force "+" or "-" to show

Hi Duniagrdra,

You can use unicode for the + and - signs in fields. Read the JavaScript Corner article at the link below for more info- there is a downloadable PDF with example code as well. You will have to figure out what the unicode is for the symbols- a Google search should work easily for that.

http://www.acrobatusers.com/tech_corners/javascript_corner/tips/2006/using_unicode_text/

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

Thanks Dimitri,

This did help, but here is my hack at coding it:

While I get no errors, I'm also not getting the +/- to show. I've tried searching syntax and the above layout was what I found, kind of. I'm a top notch hack. What am I missing or is there a better way of doing this?

Where did you place that code? What field, what event?

George

never mind. found it was actually the "/" that was the issue. I guess for the example in the link you gave me to work they had to add the "/" for the unicode to show. It works great, thanks for the help. This has taken me another great step forward in achieving my goal.

I'm not sure what happened since the code was the same as originally written. I have this as a custom script:

For some reason, at work it was fine. I open it at home and now my result is u002B in stead of +3.

I'm sorry, but I need help again. To answer George's question, the code was originally a custom script in "Field1". I'm not sure what he was asking about what event unless he was referring to the action? If so, it's not used. I was going to try and make it a document level function so I could use it in more than one field, but...

Please tell me what I did wrong?
Jim

> ...the code was originally a custom script in "Field1".A custom calculation script?

In any case, you need to escape the "u" with a backslash to indicate a unicode sequence. But you don't even need to do that since the following should work:


George

Thanks George,

I pretty much copied the code as I saw it with some mod to fit my need and removing the / had it working the first time I tried it. This does work and I can move on to the next step again.

Did you feel I should not run this as a custom calculation script?

> Did you feel I should not run this as a custom calculation script?No, that's fine, it just wasn't clear where you placed the code, which is an important thing to know for those of us who do not have your form in front of us.

If you post again for help with specific code, I would strongly urge you to include exactly where you've placed the code (what field, what event) and include other information such as the names of other fields involved.

BTW, for the code above, is it possible that Mod will ever be zero?

George

Okay, cool.

I try my best to give as much detail as I can, but determining what's too much and what's too little, I'll try being more specific. May I ask what exactly do you mean by "what event"? Are you referring to event.value and such?

Thanks for pointing out that oversight. I've added this correction and tested it; seems to work.

if(ShowScore == 0){event.value = ShowScore};

> May I ask what exactly do you mean by "what event"?
> Are you referring to event.value and such?No. I'm referring to the various events associated with fields, including Calculate, Validate, Keystroke, Format, Mouse Up, Mouse Down, Mouse Enter, Mouse Exit, Blur, and Focus. Then there are the various document events, and events associated with bookmarks, links, etc.

George

Okay, Will do George.

Again, thank you both, George and Dimitri, for your help in this.