Auto-populate text field with pre-existing text field data based on drop down selection

[Abby Szczerbanik]

Hi All,

I am creating a form and doing some javascripting in the back end to customise the form to our particular needs.

One section of the form is a drop down. Depending on the selection of the drop down, (labelled "Your_Service_Agreement"), I need it to auto-populate data from already existing fields into the following field (Labelled "Service_Agreement_Name").

The fields that will have the data that I need to transfer are "First_Name", "Last_Name" and "Nominee_Full_Name".

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

[Nesa Nurani]

I assume choices in dropdown are (First Name,Last Name and Full Name) if not, change script to reflect your actual choices.

Use script as validation of  dropdown field:

switch (event.value){
case "First Name":
this.getField("Service_Agreement_Name").value = this.getField("First_Name").value;
break;
case "Last Name":
this.getField("Service_Agreement_Name").value = this.getField("Last_Name").value;
break;
case "Full Name":
this.getField("Service_Agreement_Name").value = this.getField("Nominee_Full_Name").value;
break;
default:
this.getField("Service_Agreement_Name").value = "";
}

[Abby Szczerbanik]

Thanks for this Nesa,

So it's a bit of a strange one...

The options in the drop down are "I," or "My plan nominee,"

if "I," is selected in the drop down, First_Name and Last_Name need to be pulled. These are two seperate data fields, can these be merged into a single field upon calling?

if "My plan nominee," is selected, then Nominee_Full_Name needs to be pulled. Could you help with this?

[Nesa Nurani · Accepted solution]

Use this:

switch (event.value){
case "I,":
this.getField("Service_Agreement_Name").value = this.getField("First_Name").valueAsString+" "+this.getField("Last_Name").valueAsString;
break;
case "My plan nominee,":
this.getField("Service_Agreement_Name").value = this.getField("Nominee_Full_Name").value;
break;
default:
this.getField("Service_Agreement_Name").value = "";
}

[Abby Szczerbanik]

You are an absolute angel! Thank you so much!!!

[Kelli34070124aofh]

Is there a way to allow for multiple lines in the auto-population? 

Meaning, based on what's selected in the drop-down, I want a list of instructions to auto-populate in another field. I'd like to start a new line with each step instead of paragraph form.

[Nesa Nurani]

Use \n for new line.

[Kelli34070124aofh]

It's giving me an error message. 

[Nesa Nurani]

Text needs to be inside quotes. Also, you don't need a semicolon after each line of text.