Trouble Validating Drop Menu

What you can do is give each option the cost as the export value, and then use this code as the custom calculation script of your CostRow1 field:

event.value = getField("PhotographyService1").value;

You have not told us where this script is located.

There are 3 options on the "Calculation" tab. There is a pick the operation and fields, the simplified field notation, and the custom calculation script. It is clearly not the first option. Simplified field notation does not accept program control statements and the syntax is not correct for accessing a field in in the custom calculation script.

I guess that "PhotographyService1" is the field name.

Have you opened the JavaScrpt Debugging console to check for errors?

As noted you can specify an export option for a drop/combo box item. If you do this, you can use the simplified field notation by just inserting the field name. This assumes all export values are unique.

If you want to use the custom calculation script then you need to acquire the field object and the value property.

For the CostRow1 field's custom calculation script:

// get the field object
var oService = this.getField("PhotographyService1");
// get the value property of the object
var nService = oService.value;

// select price for service
switch(nService) {
case "Couples":
event.value = 200;
break;

case "Individual":
event.value = 150;
break;

case "Family":
event.value = 200;
break;

case "Event":
event.value = 100;
break;

case " ":
event.value = "";
break;

// choice must be an error
default:
app.alert"Unknown Service!");
break;
} // end price setting.

Since this code will be reused with a different input value for each row, I would suggest a document level function so as to cut down on the amount of coding, but also to put the code that needs to be changed for a price change or service into one location.

The document level function:


function SetPrice(cService) {
// get the field object
var oService = this.getField(cService);
// get the value property of the object
var nService = oService.value;
// set return value
nPrice = "";
// select price for service
switch(nService) {
case "Couples":
nPrice = 200;
break;

case "Individual":
nPrice = 150;
break;

case "Family":
nPrice = 200;
break;

case "Event":
nPrice = 100;
break;

case " ":
// doe nothing
break;

// choice must be an error
default:
app.alert"Unknown Service!");
break;
} // end price setting.

// return price
return nPrice;
} // end function

The custom calculation script for CostRow1"


// get the field object
var oService = this.getField("PhotographyService1");
// get the value property of the object
var nService = oService.value;
event.value = SetPrice(nService);

You only need to change one line of code for each row. It is even possible to have the script calculate the row name so one does not even need to change any code in the calculation script.

Thank You very much it worked perfectly I didn't even think of creating a case statements


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