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Script for creating an email in another textbox

Forum|Forum|6 months ago
November 25, 2025
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Hi all,

I'm looking to create this situation in two separate textboxes:

Input - BoxA: "JOHN SMITH"

Output - BoxB: "JSMITH@EMAIL.COM"

is this possible?

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Enter the following custom calculation script in BoxB:

event.value="";
var name=this.getField("BoxA").value;
if(name && name.split(" ").length>1)
{event.value=name.split("")[0]+name.split(" ")[1]+"@email.com"};

try67

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What about if there are multiple names? You can't know if they are first names, middle names, last names, etc.? What about initials? What about hyphenated names? There are many variables you didn't consider with this, I think.

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symone_1736Author

Inspiring

For someone else, I can absolutely understand where those factors need to be considered. However, for me, I got exactly what I needed it to be.

PDF Automation Station

Community Expert

Another way to do this (if there is a set list of names and corresponding email addresses) is to have a dropdown containing the list of names, with email addresses as the corresponding export values.

JR Boulay

Community Expert

Use this as a Validation script in BoxA:

if (event.value != "") {this.getField("BoxB").value = event.value + "@email.com";}
else {this.getField("BoxB").value = "";}

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symone_1736Author

Inspiring

This is what I'm getting, so not quite what I'm looking for.

I need the first letter of the first word in BoxA and the entire second word in BoxA.

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Correct answer

Community Expert

Enter the following custom calculation script in BoxB:

event.value="";
var name=this.getField("BoxA").value;
if(name && name.split(" ").length>1)
{event.value=name.split("")[0]+name.split(" ")[1]+"@email.com"};

PDF Automation Station

Community Expert

What do you mean by "Output"?

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symone_1736Author

Inspiring

After the script or formula, that is what I'd like to appear in BoxB.

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