Automatically generate an abbreviation from one field to another

[Guest]

I have a long drop down list of countries in one field and i want to generate an automatic abbreviation for those counties in another field

for example if I choose France from the drop down field, i want the other field to automatically show FRA,

and if i choose Kuwait from the drop down, i want the other field to show KWT and so on...

[Bernd Alheit]

In the dropdown list use the abbreviations as export values. Then you can use the selected value in the other field.

[Guest]

can you please further explain what you said, i am veryyy new to adobe

[Bernd Alheit]

In the properties of the dropdown list you can assign the export values to entries of the list.

[Guest]

does anyone know a simple script that can generate that??

[try67]

Once you apply the export values as Bernd described you can use a simple script to copy the selected value to the text field.

If the drop-down is called Countries you can use this as the custom calculation code of the text field:

event.value = this.getField("Countries").valueAsString;

The values themselves can also be applied using a script, like this:

this.getField("Countries").setItems([["Kuwait", "KWT"], ["United States", "USA"]]);

If you already have the names and codes in a text file or spreadsheet then you can use this (paid-for) tool I've developed to easily import everything at once, without having to write any code yourself: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Import Items from a Text File to a Combo-Box or List Field