Set value of a textbox if a dropdown value has certain value

Question

Using Acrobat Pro, I have a dropdown field called Program. User will select from three options

Choose One (this is default to prompt user to select something)
SNAP
TANF

I then have Textbox field that is called programLong. I want this field to auto update to the long names for each or be blank if option 1 is not changed.

Here is my code that will only update the programLong filed if I preview and then click Edit. It will not update when the dropdown field changes values.

ls_rbls · Accepted Answer

+++EDITED REPLY... I made a mistake

Hi there @David38818339zr2v ,

Here is a working example using Acrobat's built-in features and one line of code employed as a Custom Calculating Script: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:df02540b-5841-436a-963f-8d0cad6a5eab

In this particular example, I am assuming that the users will not be able to type in any data in the "programLong field. In which case, you can keep that textfield as readonly. Therefore, I am assigning to each item of the dropdown menu the long answer as the export value (illustrated in my screenshot below).

The Custom Calculating Script Script that I am using on "programLong" textfield :

var progValue = this.getField("Program").value;
(progValue == "Choose One")? event.value =="" : event.value = progValue

The script will execute as soon as the selection is commited in the dropdown field "Program", populating the "programLong" textfield with the desired long answer (export value).

See screenshot:

David38818339zr2v · Answer

I have tried to place this script on a the calculated field on Program and programLong fields with no success.

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