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Adobe Acrobat DC Form problem with Dropdown and if/else statement

  • February 20, 2020
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Hello there,

i made a dropdown menu with 4 things to choose. I wrote a code to hide further fields or to show them when "private request" is selected. But it seems it does these things just randomly. Where is my mistake? Thank you! Please see the video.

 

https://streamable.com/s/dp55r/idkpnl

 

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Correct answer Thom Parker

First, the dropdown field needs to be set to "Commit selection immediately", on options tab.

Next, do not use a mouseUp. Put your script in the validate event and replace "event.target.value" with "event.value"

Repeat: Do not use the MouseUp, and Do not use "event.target.value"

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Thom Parker
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Thom ParkerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 21, 2020

First, the dropdown field needs to be set to "Commit selection immediately", on options tab.

Next, do not use a mouseUp. Put your script in the validate event and replace "event.target.value" with "event.value"

Repeat: Do not use the MouseUp, and Do not use "event.target.value"

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
    Chinacracker
    ChinacrackerAuthor
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    February 21, 2020

    Hi Thom Parker,

     

    I appreciate your quick help. Thank you! I followed your instructions. Unfortunately, it still does not work. The video I uploaded yesterday got resized automatically by the host and the quality was very bad. This time I tried another platform to have good quality. I hope to find a solution. I have a Mac. OS Mojave.

     

    https://gofile.io/?c=VDQO3t

     

    if (event.value == "private") { this.getField("privatefirstquestion").display = display.visible; } else { this.getField("privatefirstquestion").display = display.hidden; }

    LinSims
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    LinSimsCommunity Expert
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    February 20, 2020

    Let me move this to the Acrobat forum for you, where you are more likely to receive an answer to your question.

    Note that the Community Help forum is for help in how to use the Adobe Communities. Product questions should be posted in the associated product community.

     

    You can help the people in the Acrobat forum help you by adding the following to your post:

     

    Computer type (Mac or PC)

    OS

     

    And, probably, the section of code you think is at issue. I expect that will be of more use than the video link.

     

    As an FYI, you can embed the video into your post using the Insert video button in the editing bar.

      Chinacracker
      ChinacrackerAuthor
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      February 20, 2020

      ok thx

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