If/then scenarios

Question

Hello, I have a drop box with 4 options. What do I put in my text field box to produce a specific statement depending on what option is chosen?Thank you.

PDF Automation Station · Accepted Answer

And one other question - where do I insert the script? Thank you 🙂

The entire script goes in the field where you want the text to display, the calculate tab, as a custom calculation script. This article will help with the difference between validation and calculation scripts and when to use them.

Nesa Nurani · Answer

Let's say your text field is called "Text1" (replace this name with your actual text field name in the script), and replace "A", "B", "C", "D" with your actual options in dropdown:

var f = this.getField("Text1");
if(event.value == "A")
 f.value = "Replace this text with statement for A";
else if(event.value == "B")
 f.value = "Replace this text with statement for B";
else if(event.value == "C")
 f.value = "Replace this text with statement for C";
else if(event.value == "D")
 f.value = "Replace this text with statement for D";
else
 f.value = "";

You can put script under 'Validate' tab of dropdown field:

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