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value.length not working ...

2009-09-16 08:56:24

lesliestoudt

Registered: Sep 14 2009

Posts: 8

Hey there.

I have some code that is stripping specific characters from an existing field.

In this code, I do the following

var sValueLen = sValue.length;

Now, sValue is 123123123. (I do an app.alert and see that)
However, sValueLen is undefined.

??????

Ideas? What am I doing wrong? What is amiss?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8.1.6, Windows

2009-09-16 09:39:36

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

Posts: 2398

Try accessing valueAsString instead of value

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2009-09-16 09:54:48

gkaiseril

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Registered: Feb 23 2006

Posts: 4307

'valueAsString' is a property of the field object. If sValue is just a string variable, you may need to use the JS 'toString()' method.

George Kaiser

2009-09-16 12:49:17

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

Posts: 2398

I know. I meant that instead of setting sValue using this.getField("whatever").value he should use this.getField("whatever").valueAsString

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