Percentages in javascript

Multiply it by 0.0125

Thanks but i need to know what the calculation script would be

Thanks but I need to know what the calculation script would be

Hi haley,

This tutorial should help-

http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/form_calculations

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

JavaScript is an object orientated language, so one needs to establish which object one wants to process and then one can access that object's properties (like value) or use the object's methods (like setFocus).
Assuming using the custom calculation script:

Depending upon what fields you have and how you named the fields, you might be able to use the other calculation options.

All of the above assumes your form was created using Acrobat and not LiveCycle Designer.

Or use the Simple Field Notation option, like so:

TotalPremimsFieldName * 0.0125

This doesn't help me at all

I am trying to calculate 1.25% of teh total taxable to equal the tax payable

Thanks for the reply - I am still getting error messages when I do the calculation script. The error is still showing that I am missing ;.

I just want to calculate 1.25% of the total tax payable to equal the tax payable. Anything simpler.

Hi haley,

What is the exact error message? Just writing that "I am missing a ; " is inadequate for gkaiseril or try67's crystal balls to work. They are trying to help you but you aren't helping yourself by telling them their attemps aren't helpful.

Post the exact code you have tried and the exact error message you get from the Console Window when you try running the code. Or share your form at Acrobat.com- if someone happens to have free time to diagnose/develop your form for you they will be better able to help you that way than fruitless back and forth with not enough information to go on. Help them help you.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

haley, see Dimitri's response.

And BTW - (1.25% of x) [i]is[/i] the same as (x * 0.0125)

Sorry about that - but the general webpage that try67 sent to me - I could not find any calculation answers anywhere.

gkaiseril was the best answer that I received except I was getting an error message (missing ; before statement 1: at line 2)

I really didn't want to sound ungreatful because that was not the intention. I am a new adobe 9 pro user and am finding it very difficult in this respect to calculations. All of the codes are very overwhelming as a new user.

I apologize

What I am trying to do is calculate 1.25% of the total taxable to equal the tax payable.

If you are cutting and pasting the code and need to change the field name, you need to have quotations around the new field name and they need to be matched pairs.

You also need to use a very vanilla text editor, not MS Word.

This calculation is the same as that of computing sales tax on an invoice.