filling a text field based upon the numeric value of another field

[William376049507edr]

I need some very basic help on filling a text field based upon the numeric value of another field. The form I am developing is the Adobe Acrobat Pro version of an assistive technology assessment and planning instrument for students with severe developmental and physical disabilities. My team and I originally published it in hardcopy format in the 1980’s.  The form contains 56 rating items that yield numeric values 0 to 10. For each of those values there is a line of specific text that needs to be placed in a specific field on the Results and Implications pages of the pdf. Will someone please provide me with an example of how to accomplish this?

[Nesa Nurani]

Let's say ratings field is named "Rating1" use this as custom calculation script of the field where you wish to show text:

var rating = Number(this.getField("Rating1").valueAsString);

if(rating === 1)
event.value = "Text for rate 1";
else if(rating === 2)
event.value = "Text for rate 2";
else if(rating === 3)
event.value = "Text for rate 3";
//continue for rest of the ratings

else
event.value = "";

This is some basic script to do it, since you have a lot of fields if they are named correctly you could use loop to go over all fields with only one script.

[William376049507edr]

Thank you for your response. This is going to give you a clue to how new I am to trying to build this form with Acrobat.  When I am in "Prepare a Form" can I enter this script into the "Custom calculation script:" box associated with "text field properties." for the text field?

[Nesa Nurani]

Yes.

[PDF Automation Station]

Enter a custom calulation in the text field where you want to display the result:

if(this.getField("Name of Numberic Value Field").value==5)

{event.value="The result when the field equals 5"}

[William376049507edr]

Thank you for your response. Would I have to repeat this script/code 11 times for each text field? There are 11 possible specific strings of text for each field on the Results page. 

[PDF Automation Station]

var fldValue=this.getField("Name of Numberic Value Field").value;

if(fldValue==0)

{event.value="The result when the field equals 0"}

else if(fldValue.value==1)

{event.value="The result when the field equals 1"}

else if

...continue until 10th instance.

[William376049507edr]

Thank You! I'll let you know how it goes. Thank you!