Populate List Box from External File

Are you using Acrobat or Designer to create the form fields?

I'm writing the Javascript in Acrobat Professional 8.

Sarah

You can use an FDF file to import items for a list box. In your case, are you using any export values for the list items?

George

This is a list box I created using javascript. Here is a sample of the code. I want to be able to populate the sub1 where it says "Test" and "Test1" from and external file.

var myDialog =

{
initialize: function(dialog)
{
dialog.load({
"sub1":
{
"Test": -1,
"Test1": -2,
}
});
},
commit: function(dialog)
{
//Retrieve the value stored in the list_box sub1:
var elements = dialog.store();

//Iterate through items and take actions as needed
for (var e in elements["sub1"])

//If the value is positive, it was selected:
if (elements["sub1"][e] > 0)
{
//app.alert("You chose:\n\n" + e, 3);

rc = elements["sub1"][e];
ListHandler(rc);
}
},

description:
{
name: "Dialog",
elements:
[
{
type: "view",
align_children: "align_left",
elements:
[
{
type: "cluster",
name: "Checkers",
elements:
[
{
type: "static_text",
name: "Select Name",
font: "default"
},
{
type: "list_box",
item_id: "sub1",
width: 200,
height: 100
},

]
},
{ type: "ok_cancel" }
]
}
]
}
};

function ListHandler (rc)
{
switch (rc) {
case 1:
var f = this.getField("Checked_By");
f.value = "Test";
break;
case 2:
var f = this.getField("Checked_By");
f.value = "Test1";
break;
default:
app.alert ("Invalid selection");
break;
}

I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you were talking about. I thought you were asking about a list box form field, not a list box in a custom dialog.

No problem. I figured thats why I put in the sample code.

Thanks,

sarah

Has any body found the answer to this question?

Thanks.

Kyle

Hi Kyle,

I've created a script that allows you to do just what the original poster described:
http://try67.blogspot.com/2009/11/acrobat-import-text-file-to-drop-down.php

I wanted to dynamically populate a listbox in a custom Acrobat dialog from a data connection during run-time, not populating xfa listboxes (for which I already made a program for).

Thanks for the quick reply though.

Kyle

My script is not for populating xfa list-boxes, but for Acrobat forms.
It doesn't work in real-time, though, that's true. If you're using a version of Acrobat prior to X, I could probably create for you a script that connects to your DB and populates the box in real-time.
Contact me personally if you're interested...

That's fine thanks. I figured it out.

Kyle