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April 9, 2019
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Converting if statement in excel to work in a PDF formula

  • April 9, 2019
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Good afternoon

I have been reading a lot of questions and answers on this forum for converting an Excel IF formula into a formula that will work in a PDF. I have been unable to find any that work with my case and I don't understand enough of what people are saying to figure it out on my own. Can someone please help? The current formula is set up like this:

=IF(D31="Y",750,0)*12+(D35+600*12)

I have different references for D31 and D35 in my PDF document which are as follows:

D31 - Vehicle

D35 - PorterVehicles

Any help in the right direction would be so appreciated. Thank you!

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Correct answer Thom Parker

So close! It works perfectly when the value is not Y. When I change it to Y the value jumps up by about 72 million instead of 9,000.

I really really appreciate your help. It is definitely helping me see how to do this for other formulas that I have moving forward.


Well actually the "if" statement is working since things are changing when a Y is entered. It's the calculation that has the issue. I don't know why the value is jumping so much. I'd have to see your document to figure out the exact problem, but try this.

var nValue = Number(this.getField("PorterVehicles").value + 600*12);

if(this.getField("Vehicle").value == "Y")

  nValue += 9000;

event.value = nValue;

I suspect that in the first line the value is being interpreted as a string.

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Thom Parker
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Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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April 9, 2019

Here's an article on writing an "if":

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/conditional-execution

Explain the condition you want and we can provide some sample code.

For example: "If the Vehicle field is "Y" then the calculation in the "Result field" adds 750 to the calculated value.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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laureng90125381Author
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April 9, 2019

I did look at this article earlier from another forum post and was really confused...I think it hard for me to follow where I plug in my values to achieve the result needed.

The formula is asking that if the Vehicle field is is Y, then it adds 750*12 to the calculated value. If the Vehicle Field is N (or other letter) then it would just be the calculated value.

Thom Parker
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Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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April 9, 2019

Here is a custom calculation script

event.value = this.getField("PorterVehicles").value + 600*12

if(this.getField("Vehicle").value == "Y")

  event.value += 750*12;

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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