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Why does my Acrobat X Pro debugger complain this script?

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
August 1, 2018
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My Javascript code for calculating a value from a specific date difference the debugger complains with no understandable reasons.

E.g. "GetFullYear is not a function" although These are normal Javascript functions.

This is the code:

var PastDate = this.getField("Datum1").value;

var jetzt = new Date();

PastDate = PastDate.split(".");

var DateDiff = jetzt.GetFullYear()-PastDate[2] + 12*(jetzt.GetMonth() - PastDate[1]);

this.getField("€_2").value = DateDiff / 12 * this.getField("Prozent1").value / 100 * this.getField("€").value;

Could anybody inform me please what is wrong at the script and where I can find a suiting documentation to easily build such scripts?

Cause the Adobe Javasript API Acrobat DC SDK Documentation does not really help.

Thank you very much.

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George_Johnson

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Just a tip: If you're going to be using a field value as a string (e.g., by using string methods with it), you should get the field value using the valueAsString property, as opposed to the value property. It's just a good habit to get into.

try67

Community Expert

Another tip to all script writers out there: If you want to use the value of a field in a calculation, always convert it explicitly into a number, by using the Number object constructor. For example:

Number(this.getField("FieldName").valueAsString)

This is especially important if you add values, as the "+" operator has a double function: When used for numbers it adds them up, as expected, but when used for strings it concatenates them, so if either one of the values added is actually a string, the result will be a concatenated string. For example:

1 + 1 = 2

1 + "1" = "11"

"1" + 1 = "11"

"1" + "1" = "11"

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SoftterrierAuthor

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Thank you again!

Actually I had this kind of problem at last but your tipp didn't help.

This was my code:

var startDate = Number(this.getField("Datum1").valueAsString); // 01.08.2017

var endDate = Number(this.getField("Datum1b").valueAsString); // 08.04.2018

startDate = startDate.split(".");

endDate = endDate.split(".");

var DateDiff = 12*(endDate[2]-startDate[2]) + endDate[1]-startDate[1]; // =1096

In fact you had to put the last substraction into brackets to get the right result 8!!

var startDate = this.getField("Datum1").valueAsString; // 01.08.2017

var endDate = this.getField("Datum1b").valueAsString; // 08.04.2018

startDate = startDate.split(".");

endDate = endDate.split(".");

var DateDiff = 12*(endDate[2]-startDate[2]) + (endDate[1]-startDate[1]); // =8

JR Boulay

Community Expert

GetFullYear is not the same than getFullYear.

JavaScript is case sensitive.

You will have the same issue with GetMonth, etc.

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SoftterrierAuthor

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Oh yes, thank you VERY much.

I was not aware of that.

The debugger also complained the split function. So I assumed that the problem is much bigger.

But now this works fine as well.

Thank you again!!

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