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adrose211
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February 28, 2024
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check boxes based on other check boxes

  • February 28, 2024
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Hello!

 

I have YES and NO checkboxes that need to uncheck based on other checkboxes. Basically, 

 

A) Do the following actions occur?   Yes   No

1) action a     Yes     No

2) action b     Yes     No

3) action c     Yes     No

 

If all of the actions are YES, then A) should be YES, but if any are NO then A) should be NO.

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

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    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 28, 2024

    To do this, a Calculation script is required, so add a hidden text field.

    Next, to write the actual script the field names must be known. Let just say 1), 2), and 3) are "Action1' thru 'Action3', and A) is "QuestionA".

    The export value for QuestionA must also be known. I'll assume it is the default value of "Yes".

     

    Here's the calculation script

     

    var bAllOn = (this.getField("Action1").value != "Off") && (this.getField("Action2").value != "Off")  && (this.getField("Action3").value != "Off") ;

    this.getField("QuestionA").value = bAllOn?"Yes":"Off";

     

     

     

    Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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      adrose211Author
      Participant
      March 4, 2024

      Thank you! That worked to turn on the box for question A. I think I need to get more detailed...

       

      Each of the questions have these possible answers: Yes, No, and N/A (see attached).

      I'd like to automatically have Question A select between the three choices based on the answers to Actions 1, 2, & 3.

       - If they are all Yes (or a combination of Yes and N/A), then QA should be Yes as well. However, if any of the Actions are No, then QA should be No. 

       

      Thanks so much for your help!

       

       

       

      Thom Parker
      Community Expert
      Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 4, 2024

      The solution can be generalized to accomodate any group of checkboxes with this configuration.  To do this the fields need to be named in such a way that all related fields can be found.  It looks like you have a naming scheme that will work for this. Although I would suggest the names are made more specific so they can be uniquely identified using a regular expression. 

      For example "Checks.1d2-1", etc.  

       

      var rgCheckQ = /Checks\.(\d\w\d)\-\d/

      if(event.source  && (rgCheckQ.test(event.source.name))

      {

         var cFldBase = "Check." + RegExp.$1;

         

         var bAllOn = (this.getField(cFldBase + "-1").value != "Off") && (this.getField(cFldBase + "-2").value != "Off")  && (this.getField(cFldBase + "-3").value != "Off") ;

         this.getField(cFldBase).value = bAllOn?"Yes":"Off";

      }

       

       

      Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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