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Making batch changes to dropdown menu selection on multiple PDFs

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Hello!

Is it possible to make changes to multiple PDFs that have the same dropdown menu option?

I have a dropdown section that have the options YES or NO. For those PDFs that were previously selected with YES, I would want to change them all to NO and vice versa. Is it possible to do this without having to manually change each one?

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Thom ParkerCorrect answer

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Well then, you can use a simpler version of the code provided by PAS.

var oFld = this.getField("DropdownName");

if(oFld.value == "YES") oFld.value = "NO";

else oFld.value = "YES";

Add this code to an Acrobat Action Script.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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Create an Action that excecutes the following Javascript

for(var i = 0; i< this.numFields; i++)
{
var fName = this.getNthFieldName(i);
var f=this.getField(fName);
if(f==null) continue;
if(f.type=="combobox")
{
if(f.value=="Yes"){f.value="No"}else
if(f.value=="YES"){f.value="NO"}else
if(f.value=="No"){f.value="Yes"}else
if(f.value=="NO"){f.value="YES"}
}

}

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Thom Parker

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Yes, this is possible.

The issue is identifying the dropdowns. Do all the dropdowns in the all the different PDFs have the same name? If not, is there a pattern to the names?

The options in a dropdown field are set with the "field.setItems()" function. Just call this function for fields that need changing.

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Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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Senoj TechAuthor

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Good morning, Thom,

Yes! All the fields have the same name.

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Thom Parker

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Well then, you can use a simpler version of the code provided by PAS.

var oFld = this.getField("DropdownName");

if(oFld.value == "YES") oFld.value = "NO";

else oFld.value = "YES";

Add this code to an Acrobat Action Script.

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Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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