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ludam63441084
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August 17, 2018
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Tools > Action Wizard JavaScript

I have a list of pdf documents, all of them have "ABC" field which is a sum of fields Field1 and Field2. I need to change the rule and add one more filed to the sum.

I use Tools>Action Wizard and JavaScript like this:

var f = this.getField("ABC");

f.setAction('Calculate',  "AFSimple_Calculate(\"SUM\", \"Field1, Field2, Field3\");" );

But after applying the action to the docs nothing was changed. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

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George_JohnsonCorrect answer
Inspiring
August 17, 2018

This code works as expected for me:

var f = this.getField("ABC");

f.setAction("Calculate", "AFSimple_Calculate(\"SUM\", new Array(\"Field1\", \"Field2\", \"Field3\"));");

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try67
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try67Community Expert
Community Expert
August 17, 2018

In addition to adding a Save step, add this line to the end of your code:

this.calculateNow();

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ludam63441084Author
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August 17, 2018

Thanks for your answer, but with this.calculateNow(); the result is the same, nothing was changed in the docs.

May be I wasnt clear. I dont need the field to be re-calculated on doing JavaScript, I need to change field's property, the list of fields to be sum up. Am I on the right way?

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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August 17, 2018

You do need to perform a re-calculation, because just setting a new action to the field's Calculation event does not actually trigger it.

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George_Johnson
Inspiring
August 17, 2018

Did you add a Save step?

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ludam63441084Author
Participant
August 17, 2018

Sure, I did. For instance, this code works OK

var f = this.getField("GELEOtherClothing");

f.value = 100;

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George_Johnson
Inspiring
August 17, 2018

It seems to apply the script, but it's not reflected in the calculate tab of the field properties dialog as you would expect. Is the calculation being performed correctly for you?

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