DEPENDENT DROP DOWN HELP!

Question

Hi,I am hoping someone can help me ASAP! I need to program an Interactive PDF that I am creating via inDesign that has 2 dependent fields derived from the answer selected from a drop down list. This is what I need :Catagory 1Steel Raw MaterialAxle TubesNo-Axle Tubes.... Category 2 John SmithJane DoeJohn Deere... Category 3john.smith@jane.doe@john.deere@ Basically if you choose from Category 1 I need Category 2 and 3 to autopopulate specific names.Example: If Cat. 1= Steel Raw Material than Cat 2 + 3 = John Smith + john.smith@ I am not a coder, so any help is greatly appreciated!

try67 · Answer

You can use a simple script to do it, as the custom validation code of Category 1. The other fields don't need to be drop-downs, though. They can just be text fields. The basic code would be:

if (event.value=="Steel Raw Material") {

this.getField("Category2").value = "John Smith";

this.getField("Category3").value = "john.smith@";

}

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