Dependent Dropdown JavaScript Syntax Error

[shellys71052614]

I pulled up instructions to write JavaScript to make a dependent dropdown but I keep getting a syntax error and I can't figure it out. Can someone help? I've never done this before so forgive me for missing the obvious. Thank you!

var f = this.getField(“Program”);
switch(event.value){
case “RSI - The Refrigeration School"
f.setItems([“AOS in Mechanical Maintenance Engineering”, “AOS in Mechanical Maintenance Engineering MTP”, “Electrical Applications”, “Electrical Applications MTP”, “Electro-Mechanical Technologies”, “Electro-Mechanical Technologies MTP”, “Refrigeration Technologies”, “Refrigeration Technologies MTP”, “Welding Specialist”, “Welding Specialist MTP”]);
break;

case “TWS Tulsa"
f.setItems([“AOS in Welding Technology”, “AOS in Welding Technolgoy MTP”, “Electrical Applications”, “Electrical Applications MTP”, “Electro-Mechanical Technologies”, “Electro-Mechanical Technologies MTP”, “Refrigeration Technologies”, “Refrigeration Technologies MTP”, “Professional Welder”, “Professional Welder MTP”]);
break;

default:
f.setItems([""]);
}

[Thom Parker · Accepted solution]

There are two types of errors in the code.

1) Bad quotes.  In JavaScript the plain ASCII quote must be used  " instead of “

2)"Case" statements end with a ":"   Check the Core JS reference for syntax specifics.  

Here's what it should be (except I didn't fix all your quotes, you'll need to do that):

var f = this.getField("Program");
switch(event.value){
  case "RSI - The Refrigeration School":
    f.setItems(<replace quotes>);
    break;

  case "TWS Tulsa":
    f.setItems(<replace quotes>);
    break;

  default:
    f.setItems([""]);
}

[Thom Parker · Accepted solution]

There are two types of errors in the code.

1) Bad quotes.  In JavaScript the plain ASCII quote must be used  " instead of “

2)"Case" statements end with a ":"   Check the Core JS reference for syntax specifics.  

Here's what it should be (except I didn't fix all your quotes, you'll need to do that):

var f = this.getField("Program");
switch(event.value){
  case "RSI - The Refrigeration School":
    f.setItems(<replace quotes>);
    break;

  case "TWS Tulsa":
    f.setItems(<replace quotes>);
    break;

  default:
    f.setItems([""]);
}

[shellys71052614]

@Thom Parker I would have never gotten the ASCII quotes. I really appreciate your help and explanation. Thank you!

[shellys71052614]

@Thom Parker 

Ok, I fixed that but it's still showing an error with this line: switch(event.value){

Any idea what I've done wrong? Should there be spaces somewhere? Thank you!

var f = this.getField(“Program”);
switch(event.value){

case “RSI - The Refrigeration School”:
f.setItems([“AOS in Mechanical Maintenance Engineering”, “AOS in Mechanical Maintenance Engineering MTP”, “Electrical Applications”, “Electrical Applications MTP”, “Electro-Mechanical Technologies”, “Electro-Mechanical Technologies MTP”, “Refrigeration Technologies”, “Refrigeration Technologies MTP”, “Welding Specialist”, “Welding Specialist MTP”]);
break;

case “TWS - Tulsa”:
f.setItems([“AOS in Welding Technology”, “AOS in Welding Technolgoy MTP”, “Electrical Applications”, “Electrical Applications MTP”, “Electro-Mechanical Technologies”, “Electro-Mechanical Technologies MTP”, “Refrigeration Technologies”, “Refrigeration Technologies MTP”, “Professional Welder”, “Professional Welder MTP”]);
break;

default:
f.setItems([“”]);
}

[Thom Parker]

From what I can see, the code still contains many non-ASCII quotes. In fact, it looks like all non-ASCII quotes. 

The ASCII qotes are straight up and down, no curlies. 

Non-ASCII quotes are introduced when the script is developed in, or copied using, a word processing app, such as word. Use a plain text or code editor to develop scripts. My favorite is NotePad++. It's free. 

[shellys71052614]

Ah, ok. I was using Alt+ the code in word so I guess that would cause the problem. Ok I will try it in something else. Thank you again for your patience and help!

[shellys71052614]

@Thom Parker I set up the code in notepad and it worked perfectly! Thank you again for your help!

[shellys71052614]

@Thom Parker I'm wondering if you know if it's possible to populate a numeric formatted text field from a dropdown selection? For example if I selected 'milk' in a 'groceries' dropdown list it would populate '$2.00' in a 'Cost' number formatted text field. I tried the script below and the 'Tuition' field doesn't populate. I also tried changing to a 'Tuition2' dropdown and entering the dollar amounts as a list in options but it keeps giving me formatting errors for the number no matter what change the options to. Thank you!

var f = this.getField("Tuition");
switch(event.value){

case "Professional Welder":
f.setItems(["$18,700"]);
break;

case "Professional Welder MTP":
f.setItems(["$16,830"]);
break;

case "Welding Specialist with Pipefitting":
f.setItems(["$22,650"]);
break;

case "Welding Specialist with Pipefitting MTP":
f.setItems(["$20,385"]);
break;

case "AOS in Welding Technology":
f.setItems(["$17,500"]);
break;

case "AOS in Welding Technology MTP":
f.setItems(["$15,750"]);
break;

case "Electrical Applications":
f.setItems(["$16,900"]);
break;

case "Electrical Applications MTP":
f.setItems(["$15,210"]);
break;

case "Electro-Mechanical Technologies":
f.setItems(["$19,700"]);
break;

case "Electro-Mechanical Technologies MTP":
f.setItems(["$17,730"]);
break;

case "Refrigeration Technologies":
f.setItems(["$16,900"]);
break;

case "Refrigeration Technologies MTP":
f.setItems(["$15,210"]);
break;

case "Electrical Lineworker":
f.setItems(["$13,750"]);
break;

case "Electrical Technologies":
f.setItems(["$16,900"]);
break;

case "Electrical Technologies MTP":
f.setItems(["$15,210"]);
break;

default:
f.setItems([""]);
}

[Nesa Nurani · Accepted solution]

If you are populating a text field you can't use setItems(), that is for dropdown fields, instead use like this:
f.value = "$18,700";

[shellys71052614]

@Nesa Nurani thank you so much!

[Thom Parker]

Please take a looks at this article and the associated example PDF.

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/change_another_field/

The article uses a more sophisticated technique than you probably need, but the concept is the same for any technique. 

1) Use an event on the dropdown that is triggered by a selection.

2) Write code that uses the new selection data to fill other fields. 

A simple method is to use the Validate event on the dropdown with a script that looks something like this.
(which is similar to the code you posted above)

var f = this.getField("Cost");
switch(event.value){
  case "Professional Welder":
    f.value = 18700;
    break;
  case "Professional Welder MTP":
    f.value = 16830;
    break;
}

Note that the numbers are not formatted. They are plain numbers. The formatting is done by the cost field.

[shellys71052614]

@Thom Parker thank you for the awesome article and once again the help! This is amazing and it totally worked for me. I really appreciate it!