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Subtracting in Calculate. Using acrobat 5

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2010-02-05 11:09:25
frog55
Registered: Feb 5 2010
Posts: 3

Var f = this.getField("ValueA");
Var g = this.getField("ValueB");
event.Value = f.Value - g.Value;

I'm getting a syntax error: missing ; before statement at line 1

What am I donig wrong?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 5.x or older, Windows
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2010-02-05 11:24:17
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gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
Check the spelling and capitalization of statements, field names, properties, methods, etc.

With the names you have used for your variables, you can use the 'Simplified Field Notation'.
ValueA - ValueB
The JavaScript statement for defining a variable is 'var', the property for the value of an object is 'value'.
var f = this.getField("ValueA");var g = this.getField("ValueB");event.value = f.value - g.value;

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George Kaiser

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