A combination of 3 dropdown selections, equal 1 of 5 outcomes

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Hi thereI'm not sure if I'm even asking this correct, but I have a page in an interactive document that I would like to automate a bit further than I already have.  I have 3 dropdown menus where the user selects with Low, Medium or High for each of the 3 dropdowns.  Those 3 selections then determine a possible 5 outcomes, Inform, Consult, Involve/Collaborate, Involve and Consult/Involve.I'd like to find out, is there a way that when the user makes their 3 selections, how I can automatically populate a field with one of those 5 outcomes.Thanks in advance, I have no javascript experience, but crossing my fingers I don't need it.  I'm using Acrobat Pro DC 2018.009.20050, the end user could be using any recent versions of Acrobat.Kind regardsAdam

Thom Parker · Accepted Answer

Here are some tutorials on using Listshttps://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/change_another_field https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/List-Field-Usage-and-Handling.cfm https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/list_and_combo_in_lc The first and second ones are most relevant for your needs, and they provide all the basic info you'll need on where to put the script, but not for the solution I provided.The solution I outlined above is for a Calculation script on the field that displays the outcome. But you could certainly do this from a "Keystroke" script on the last dropdown list field. That is a different, but similar, solution to using the calculation script, and it is covered in the first article linked. Neither of these solutions uses any of the scripts on the Actions Tab. There is a big hole in this discussion, which is how to do the 3 selection values translate into the outcome? You should consider hiring a professional to help you with this.

Thom Parker · Answer

There are a couple of different options. The easy one is to use a calculation script in the field that displays the outcome. This is not the best option because calculation scripts are called anytime any field is changed. If there are a lot of fields/calculation scripts, then this script just adds to the overall slowness of the form. But if its a simple form, or there aren't many other calculations, then this is the easiest for a novice to implement.

something like this;

var cSel1 = this.getField("Selection1").value;

var cSel2 = this.getField("Selection2").value;

var cSel3 = this.getField("Selection3").value;

... Do calulation to find outcome

event.value = cOutcome;

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