Happy New Year all. I have created an Acrobat form that includes -Text Fields: ContactName, ContactPhone, ContactEmail, AgeGrp, TeamName, MyInfoRadio Button: HCDrop-down Lists: DivisionH, DivisionC, TeamH, TeamC Things to note:HC is used to hide either the _C or _H drop-down fields as each is set with specific options on their list.I may try to figure out how to dynamically control the options shown in the drop-downs rather than hiding/showing, but that is not my current issue.Because of how the data from the form will be processed once received, I want to concatenate all the field values into a single field. Specifically MyInfo. My issues:I can get simple versions of this to work, but when I try to get the if/then required for choosing which of the drop-down list values to include in the concatenation everything breaks.even when things are "working" in a simple version, the calculated value of MyInfo does not update when one of the contributing fields is changed.There will be some blank fields. If I can leave them out of MyInfo that would be great.Me. I'm the biggest issue here as my javascript is rusty. Any help would be greatly appreciated and I'm happy to answer any questions. I have attached a copy of the form. Rob

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Acrobat Form Calculated Field Problems

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January 22, 2024
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Happy New Year all.

I have created an Acrobat form that includes -
Text Fields: ContactName, ContactPhone, ContactEmail, AgeGrp, TeamName, MyInfo

Radio Button: HC

Drop-down Lists: DivisionH, DivisionC, TeamH, TeamC

Things to note:

HC is used to hide either the _C or _H drop-down fields as each is set with specific options on their list.
- I may try to figure out how to dynamically control the options shown in the drop-downs rather than hiding/showing, but that is not my current issue.
Because of how the data from the form will be processed once received, I want to concatenate all the field values into a single field. Specifically MyInfo.

My issues:

I can get simple versions of this to work, but when I try to get the if/then required for choosing which of the drop-down list values to include in the concatenation everything breaks.
even when things are "working" in a simple version, the calculated value of MyInfo does not update when one of the contributing fields is changed.
There will be some blank fields. If I can leave them out of MyInfo that would be great.
Me. I'm the biggest issue here as my javascript is rusty.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and I'm happy to answer any questions. I have attached a copy of the form.

Rob

YEPOF2.pdf

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Correct answer Nesa Nurani

Use division/Team in line with "AgeGroup".

str.push(this.getField("AgeGroup").valueAsString+" "+Division+" "+Team);

Then last line use like this:
event.value = str.join("%");

If you want to show each item in a new line, set the text field to multiline and replace "%" with "\n".

Nesa Nurani

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the calculated value of MyInfo does not update when one of the contributing fields is changed.

Place script in custom calculation script instead of 'On Blur' action.

In your script, you use "AgeGrp" for field name, but actual name is "AgeGroup".

Use this in "MyInfo" field as custom calculation script, see if that is close to what you want and you can work it from there:

var Division = "";
var Team = "";
var str = [];
if (getField("HC").value == "H") {
    // Include DivisionH and TeamH
    Division = getField("DivisionH").valueAsString;
    Team = getField("TeamH").valueAsString;
} else if (getField("HC").value == "C") {
    // Include DivisionC and TeamC
    Division = getField("DivisionC").valueAsString;
    Team = getField("TeamC").valueAsString;
}
if(this.getField("ContactName").valueAsString !== "")
str.push(this.getField("ContactName").valueAsString);
if(this.getField("ContactPhone").valueAsString !== "")
str.push(this.getField("ContactPhone").valueAsString);
if(this.getField("ContactEmail").valueAsString !== "")
str.push(this.getField("ContactEmail").valueAsString);
if(this.getField("AgeGroup").valueAsString !== "")
str.push(this.getField("AgeGroup").valueAsString);

event.value = str.join("%")+ Division + Team;

S

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Thank you so much. That is awesome. Can I bother you for one tweak? When I get the data from the form I use a find/replace to swap out the "%" for paragraph marks. The idea is to end up with info like attached. I can fill in the info for the rows, but I don't know how to get the "Division" and "Team" to be where I'd like them.

I have attached the form with the updated script as well.

I've noticed that the form does not seem to be respectiong the required field status any more for some reason. Any ideas?

YEPOF.pdf