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ian-and-penny
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April 9, 2019
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Concatenate form fields (Acrobat Pro DC)

  • April 9, 2019
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I need to create a "calculated" field in Acrobat Pro DC that will concatenate two previously entered fields:

Field: Address_1 will contain "Street number and Name" (Example: "1 Fred Crescent")

Field: Address_2 will contain "Town/Suburb, State, Postal Code" (Example: "Some Town, State Code")

I need Field :Full_Address to contain "Address_1" a comma and a space then "Address_2" (Example: "1 Fred Crescent, Some Town, State Code")

Being totally ignorant in programming, how can I achieve this?

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    Correct answer TᴀW

    Try this as a custom calculation script attached to the Full_Address field:

    var s = this.getField("Address_1").valueAsString + ", " + this.getField("Address_2").valueAsString;

    event.value = s.replace(/^, |, $/g, "");

    Ariel

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    xiaisme
    Participant
    October 23, 2019

    I previously created a concatenate field for postal codes, not using script, but cannot recall how to do it or where i found the direction. It has seven blocks for text and a space and is all contained within one field.  Under property options, it is marked Comb of 7 characters. Can anyone help? 

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    October 23, 2019

    I don't think it's possible without a script. The built-in calculation options only work with numbers, not strings.

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    xiaisme
    Participant
    October 23, 2019

    I think i was mistaken. It is not intended to be concatenate, but with connected characters that flow from one text box to the next....connected, not combined.

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    Legend
    April 9, 2019

    Try this as a custom calculation script attached to the Full_Address field:

    var s = this.getField("Address_1").valueAsString + ", " + this.getField("Address_2").valueAsString;

    event.value = s.replace(/^, |, $/g, "");

    Ariel

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