Counting Fields: Dropdown & Radio button field is always counted as filled

Question

I want to display number of fields filled.... everything is working correct but the dropdown field is being counted as filled already even before it is been selected with a value;

var totalfields = new Array(Text1, Text2, Text3, Text4, Dropdown1, Dropdown2);

var count = 0;

for (i = 0; i < totalfields.length; i++) {

if (this.getField(aFields).valueAsString != "") count++

}

event.value = count;

The above script displays 2 always i.e. it presumes Dropdown are filled beforehand .

Same is the case with Radio buttons... it is also showing as filled before selecting any option.

Any solution so that it should show 0.

Thanks

try67 · Accepted Answer

Thanks for your help it is working now.Below is the script. plz suggest any better way (if any):var aFields = new Array(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25);var count = 0; // variable to store count of non-empty fieldsfor (i = 0; i < aFields.length; i++) { if (this.getField(aFields).valueAsString != "" && this.getField(aFields).valueAsString != "-Select-" && this.getField(aFields).valueAsString != "Off" ) count++} // end loopevent.value = count; It's not good practice to hard-code values into your code.Replace this line:if (this.getField(aFields).valueAsString != "" && this.getField(aFields).valueAsString != "-Select-" && this.getField(aFields).valueAsString != "Off" ) count++With this:var f = this.getField(aFields);if (f.valueAsString != f.defaultValue) count++

Bernd Alheit · Answer

Before the if statement add this:console.println(aFields + ": '" + this.getField(aFields).valueAsString + "'");

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