Display text field based on selection in two different dropdown lists

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In Acrobat, given two dropdown lists, one with 13 items and the other with 3, the user makes a single selection in each list. The result is to display a text field based on the unique combination of these two dropdown choices. My js skills are quite limited, but I assume there is a way to do that. Any help appreciated.

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Sure. You can use something like this as the custom calculation script of the text field:

var v1 = this.getField("Dropdown1").valueAsString;
var v2 = this.getField("Dropdown2").valueAsString;
if (v1=="Tom" && v2=="Smith") event.value = "Manager";
if (v1=="Tom" && v2=="Roberts") event.value = "Vice-President";
if (v1=="Jane" && v2=="Becker") event.value = "CEO";
if (v1=="Rodney" && v2=="Dangerfield") event.value = "Janitor";
// etc.

try67

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Sure. You can use something like this as the custom calculation script of the text field:

var v1 = this.getField("Dropdown1").valueAsString;
var v2 = this.getField("Dropdown2").valueAsString;
if (v1=="Tom" && v2=="Smith") event.value = "Manager";
if (v1=="Tom" && v2=="Roberts") event.value = "Vice-President";
if (v1=="Jane" && v2=="Becker") event.value = "CEO";
if (v1=="Rodney" && v2=="Dangerfield") event.value = "Janitor";
// etc.

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davidp60953449Author

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Thanks for the swift reply try67. I basically get what you're saying there except for the event.value naming. Is that just a text field set to hidden?

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try67

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That's just how you assign the value to the field that's being calculated.

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