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jamesf16495717
jamesf16495717
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January 23, 2018
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Autofill based on tick box selections

I'm very new to creating forms and have never used any Java Scripts, but I'm hoping that someone here can help me.

I have a kit that has a lot of configuration options. every time we send one of these to a customer we have to type out all the items included into a kitting list.

what I want to know is if/how I could have a page full of tick box selections that someone can go though and easily mark what is in the kit, that will then populate a list or text box?

Many thanks in advance!

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Thom Parker
Thom ParkerCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 23, 2018

There are a couple of ways to do this. A multi-line text box with a calculation script is a good way to go.

Here's a very straight forward custom calculation script:

event.value = "";
if(this.getField("Checkbox1").value == "Yes")
  event.value += "Item 1\n";
if(this.getField("Checkbox2").value == "Yes")
  event.value += "Item 2\n";

You'll need to change out the checkbox names and the messages. The "\n" is a line feed, it's necessary to put each item on it's own line.

There are better ways to do this, but this is among the simplest.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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Thom Parker
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Thom ParkerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 23, 2018

There are a couple of ways to do this. A multi-line text box with a calculation script is a good way to go.

Here's a very straight forward custom calculation script:

event.value = "";
if(this.getField("Checkbox1").value == "Yes")
  event.value += "Item 1\n";
if(this.getField("Checkbox2").value == "Yes")
  event.value += "Item 2\n";

You'll need to change out the checkbox names and the messages. The "\n" is a line feed, it's necessary to put each item on it's own line.

There are better ways to do this, but this is among the simplest.

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Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
jamesf16495717
jamesf16495717Author
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January 23, 2018

Hi Thom,

I'll try this out, Thanks you!

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