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Conversion of decimal field to text

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April 2, 2025
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Hello, I need help with an Adobe Form. I need to take the value from a decimal field and convert it to text to populate another field. How can I do this?

Correct answer JR Boulay

The function is placed as a document script ( ==> https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Document-Level-Scripts.cfm)

The function is called in the "words" field : Properties : Calculation

JR Boulay

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This demo PDF was supplied with Acrobat 5, and I've kept it carefully ever since (attached).

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intuitive_mind9098Author

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Is exactly what I need to do. Do you know what sample code I can use for this?

AnandSri

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Hello!

I hope you are doing well.

You can try the selling sample script, and you may need to customize it to your requirements:

var num = this.getField("NumericFieldName").value;
event.value = ConvertToWords(num);

Or

var decimalValue = this.getField("DecimalField").value;
this.getField("TextField").value = decimalValue.toString();

I hope this helps. To learn more about the JavaSripts in PDF forms, see this article: https://adobe.ly/4iWmBd8
Thanks,
Anand Sri.

try67

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Do you mean that if the first field shows "10.23" then the second one should show "Ten and twenty three hundredths" or something like that? If so, it's possible using a script, but it's a pretty complex task...

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PDF Automation Station

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Please be more specific with an example.

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intuitive_mind9098Author

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I have a decimal field with the amount of 349.000 and I need based on this number, to fill another text field that indicates “trescientos cuarenta y nueve mil” in Spanish. The decimal field is dynamic. I tried to do it with code but I still can't do it.

creative explorer

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@intuitive_mind9098 officially, the only way around that is using JavaScript within the form.

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intuitive_mind9098Author

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Do you have an example of a code that does this? I've been trying to do it but with no results yet.

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