mulitple check boxes controling one text box. script trouble

Question

I asked a question yesterday about a single check box activating the border of a text box. That question was answered perfectly and now I want to expand on that with 3 boxes. sorry if a new post is not proper etiquette I'm new here, and the last one was marked answered.

the question I asked previously: need to activate line with of a textbox with a checkbox.

Basically I have three checkboxes and if any of them are checked then I want the box to show the border. I'm still trying to type the code in the properties -> actions area since the "All javascript" part adds XML that I'm not exactly sure what its used for so I don't want to change it or create something without it... Basically I'm typing the below code into the actions of each checkbox which seems redundant but I don't know any other way to do it. The console is great when trying things out but what do I do when I want to send this PDF to someone? other than actions where does the code go?

so, anyway, here is the code I'm trying. ( I DID change the value in each check box from "Yes" to "3")

var cb1 = getField("CheckBox1").value;

var cb2 = getField("CheckBox2").value;

var cb3 = getField("CheckBox3").value;

var bord = getField("bordr1");

if (cb1 ^ cb2 ^ cb3 == "3") {

bord.lineWidth = 3;

bord.display = display.visible;

}

else {

bord.display = display.hidden;

}

this works to a point. I can check each box individually and get the border. I can check the "first and third", and the "second and third" but when I check the "first and second" the border turns back off when the second box is checked. I'm confused as to why this is happening, Any thoughts?

gkaiseril · Accepted Answer

One can create a document level function like:

function AtLeastOne()

{

var cb1 = getField("CheckBox1").value;

var cb2 = getField("CheckBox2").value;

var cb3 = getField("CheckBox3").value;

// using values and logical OR;

if(cb1 == 3 || cb2 == 3 || cb3 == 3)

{

bord.lineWidth = 3;

bord.display = display.visible;

}

else

{

bord.display = display.hidden;

}

return;

}

or

function AtLeastOne()

{

var cb1 = getField("CheckBox1").value;

var cb2 = getField("CheckBox2").value;

var cb3 = getField("CheckBox3").value;

// using bitwise OR;

if (cb1 | cb2 | cb3 == 3)

{

bord.lineWidth = 3;

bord.display = display.visible;

}

else

{

bord.display = display.hidden;

}

return;

}

And then a mouse up action for each check box field:

AtLeastOne();

gkaiseril · Answer

You are using the bitwise Exclusive OR which returns true if one but not both options are true. Are you sure you want to use the XOR operator?

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