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adrianholm
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September 20, 2017
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Newbie need help with JavaScript

  • September 20, 2017
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Hello everyone,

im new to using JavaScript and could really need some help. I´ve created a form in Adobe pro and what i want is the following:

If field "Comment1" contains any text user is enforced to pick a choice from drop down menu "R1" and "L1". Is it best to use validation script for this? Or calculation script?

I got over 100 rows that i want the same function in, they are named: Comment1, R1, L1; Comment2, R2, L2; Comment3, R3, L3; And so on..

I hope this post makes some sense,

Thanks in advance, Adrian

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Correct answer try67

Yes, that is correct


OK, then I misunderstood before. Enter this code as a doc-level script:

function setDropdownsAsRequired() {
    var fieldNumber = event.target.name.replace("Comment", "");
    this.getField("R"+fieldNumber).required = (event.value!="");
    this.getField("L"+fieldNumber).required = (event.value!="");
}

Then you just need to call it from the custom validation script of your Comment fields, like this:

setDropdownsAsRequired();

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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September 20, 2017

"Enforce" how, exactly? You can set them as required, but only gets validated when the form is submitted (unless a script is used to validate it during other events). Is that what you mean?

Also, what are the actual field names of the drop-downs? Not just their options...

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    adrianholmAuthor
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    September 20, 2017

    Thanks for your reply!

    Yes, setting them as required is exactly what i mean. The field names of the dropdowns are as i wrote: R1, L1 for the first row and then R2, L2 for second row and so on. 

    Thanks in advance, Adrian

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 20, 2017

    So there are two drop-downs for each comment field?

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