Change a Dropdown value displayed depending on a alert window response with Javascript

[balo17]

Hello World,

I am new to the world of Javascript and I don't know what I'm doing wrong in my code.

I am using a dropdown so the user can select one of 3 options: Yes, No or " ". When the user selects Yes or the "blank" option the code runs ok. But when the user select No I populated a pop-up alert (app.alert) asking if the user is really sure about their selection. If the user selects 'yes' in the pop-up alert, the code works; if the user selects 'no' in the pop-up alert the bold line in the code does not change the displayed value in the dropdown. It gets stuck with the No selection when I want it in "blank". It gets to hide the fields but doesn't change the dropdown.

I don't know what is the issue but besides that I am running the script in the Validation tab of the Dropdown box and the Commit selected value immediatly is checked.

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if (event.value == "Yes")
{
this.getField("Group1").value = "Choice1";
this.getField("Text1").display = display.hidden;
this.getField("Signature12").display = display.visible;
}

if (event.value == "No")
{

var Fail = app.alert("Are you sure you want to Fail this step?", 2, 2);

     if(Fail == 4) //User selected Yes in the pop-up
  {
     this.getField("Group1").value = "Choice2";
     this.getField("Text1").display = display.visible;
     this.getField("Signature12").display = display.hidden;
  }
     else if(Fail == 3) //User selected No in the pop-up HERE IS THE PROBLEM
  {
     this.getField("Group1").value = "Off";
     this.getField("Text1").display = display.hidden;
     this.getField("Signature12").display = display.hidden;
     this.getField("Dropdown1").value = " ";
  }
}

if (event.value == " ")
{
this.getField("Group1").value = "Off";
this.getField("Text1").display = display.hidden;
this.getField("Signature12").display = display.hidden;
}

[try67]

Is Dropdown1 the field where you placed this code?

[balo17]

Yes, in the Validation Tab.

[try67]

Then change this:

this.getField("Dropdown1").value = " ";

To:

event.value = " ";

[balo17]

That doesn't change the value in the Dropdown either 😕

It still have the No option displayed.

For some reason it doesn't change the value in the Dropdown box, but I have tried the same code using a Text field and it works fine.