Radio Buttons, Check Boxes and import Data

Question

Hi, I have a form that is autofilled by importing data from a text file.

Problem #1:

I have a radio button with 3 options as well as an "Other" option with a textfield. The value of the radio buttons are "A", "B", "C", "Other". If the data imported has a value that is not "A, B, or C", I want the "Other" radio button to be selected and the value to be autofilled into the textfield. How do I go about scripting this scenerio? I'm not well versed in JavaScript. I have a hidden textfield that I'm thinking it could hold the script, but I don't know where to begin.

Problem #2:

The form has check boxes for the months of the year....Jan, Feb, March, etc. There can be multiple months selected. The column in the text file is called "Skip Month" and an example of the value from the "Skip Month" column is "Jan/Feb". The check box field names are "Jan", "Feb", "March", etc. and the export values are "On".

How do I use the data from the text file ("Skip Month" and "Jan/Feb") to make it so the appropriate check boxes are selected? In this case, "Jan" and "Feb" - as shown below.

Thom Parker · Accepted Answer

Hi, Thank you for your patience and I appologize for my ignorance.

You are correct, there were mulitple actions, so this time I cleared the console and then did an import. The console indicates:

Calculate Source: [object Field]

Still not working. I've attached the test document and the text file used for import. Would you mind looking at this for me and tell me what is going on.

Here's the correction. On reset "event.source" is null. On import, "event.source" is the same as "event.target".

// Detect reset or import event
if(event.source == event.target)
{
   var oRadios = this.getField("RadioButton");
   var oOther = this.getField("Other");
   oOther.value = "";
   if(event.value == "")
      oRadios.value = "Off";
   else{
     // First determine if the value is one of the radio exports
		if(oRadios.exportValues.some(function(a){return a == event.value;}))
		{// data value is one of the exports. 
			oRadios.value = event.value;
		}
		else
		{// Data value is an other value
			 oRadios.value = "Other";
			 oOther.value = event.value;
		}
   }
}

Thom Parker · Answer

You can start by exporting data to a text file and see what it looks like in the text file. All these things are handled automatically

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