How to give all duplicate checkbox names a unique name?

[2Charlie]

I found this article that talks about rename all duplicate field names. 

    for (var i=0;i<200;i++)
    {
    try{
    var ts=this.getField("Name1."+i).textSize;
    var tf=this.getField("Name1."+i).textFont;
    var rct=this.getField("Name1."+i).rect;
    var pg=this.getField("Name1."+i).page;
    var f=this.addField("name."+i,"text",pg,rct);
    f.textSize=ts;
    f.textFont=tf;
    }catch(e){break}
    }

this.removeField("Name1");

I believed this script is for text box. I need to rename all my duplicate checkbox names. Do I sipmly changed the "text" to "checkbox" for checkbox field instead of text box field? I tried that and it didn't really work. I no longer can click on the checkbox once I ran this script. Any suggestion is much appreciated.

[try67]

Yes, that should do it. I would remove the try-catch clause, though, as it's hiding any errors you might get while running this code. Don't set the textFont property, though, if you create check-boxes. It might screw them up.

[2Charlie]

I could not get it to work. After I ran the code below, it did removed the existing checkbox and rename them; however, it's no longer a check box. I can no longer click the field to put a cross on it any more.

for (var i=0;i<200;i++)
    {
    var ts=this.getField("Name1."+i).textSize;
    var tf=this.getField("Name1."+i).textFont;
    var rct=this.getField("Name1."+i).rect;
    var pg=this.getField("Name1."+i).page;
    var f=this.addField("checkbox."+i,"checkbox",pg,rct);
    f.textSize=ts;
    f.textFont=tf;
    }
this.removeField("Name1.");

[try67]

Do not set the textFont of the check-boxes to anything else but the default value ("ZapfDingbats"). If you do that they won't work properly.

[2Charlie]

Same issue but with an error this time.

for(var i = 0; i< 200; i++){
        var ts=this.getField("Name1."+i).textSize;
        var rct=this.getField("Name1."+i).rect;
        var pg=this.getField("Name1."+i).page;
        var f=this.addField("checkBox"+i,"checkbox",pg,rct);
        f.textSize=ts;
        this.removeField("Name1.");
}

TypeError: this.getField(...) is null
2:Console:Exec
undefined

[try67]

That means there isn't a field with the name you're specifying.

[2Charlie]

If I highlight this code, it does show the correct font name.

[try67]

You should add a command to print out the value of i when the error happens. That way you could locate the missing field.

[2Charlie]

I also tried:

for(var i = 0; i< 200; i++){
        var ts=this.getField("Name1."+i).textSize;
	var tf=this.getField("T Neej."+i).textFont;
        var rct=this.getField("Name1."+i).rect;
        var pg=this.getField("Name1."+i).page;
        var f=this.addField("checkBox"+i,"checkbox",pg,rct);
        f.textSize=ts;
	f.textFont="ZapfDingbats";
        this.removeField("Name1.");
}

and I got the same error:

TypeError: this.getField(...) is null
2:Console:Exec
undefined

[Bernd Alheit]

Have you 200 checkboxes?

[2Charlie]

I don't know the exact checkboxes but it's like around 80-90 checkboxes. 

[try67]

But your counter runs to 200, so of course you're going to get an error...

[Bernd Alheit]

You should check the field:

if (this.getField (" ... ") != null) {

...

}

[2Charlie]

So, here's my attempt to use "if" to check for not null.

for(var i = 0; i< 96; i++){
    if(this.getField("Name1")!= null){
        var ts=this.getField("Name1"+i).textSize;
        var tf=this.getField("Name1"+i).textFont;
        var rct=this.getField("Name1"+i).rect;
        var pg=this.getField("Name1"+i).page;
        var f=this.addField("checkBox"+i,"checkbox",pg,rct);

        f.textSize=ts;
        f.textFont="ZapfDingbats";
        this.removeField("Name1");
    }
}

And the error is:

TypeError: this.getField(...) is null
3:Console:Exec
undefined

[2Charlie]

This code should show more than just one result of "10" but it's not.

[2Charlie]

Okay, this shows the correct number of checkboxes. But I'm still unable to get the "added" checkboxes to function like a checkbox. I'm unable to click on it.

[Bernd Alheit]

What can you see when you look at the properties of the checkboxes?

[2Charlie]

The issue seems to be this line: var f=this.addField("checkBox."+i,"checkbox",pg,rct);

This line: this.removeField("Name1."); removes the current checkbox but the add line above failed to add additional checkboxes. When the code finished running, there is only one checkbox.0.

[Bernd Alheit]

The name of the checkbox is "Name2".

[2Charlie]

I'm sorry, all the name of the checkboxes are just "Name". I renamed that particular checkbox for testing.

[try67]

It's very difficult to help you because your descriptions continue to change. Unless you can share the actual file I can't help you any further with this. Maybe someone else can.

[2Charlie]

Attached is the test PDF I'm playing with. Below is the code I'm using.

for(var i = 0; i< 61; i++){
    if(this.getField("T Neej.")!= null){
        var ts=this.getField("T Neej."+i).textSize;
        var tf=this.getField("T Neej."+i).textFont;
        var rct=this.getField("T Neej."+i).rect;
        var pg=this.getField("T Neej."+i).page;
        var f=this.addField("checkBox"+i,"checkbox",pg,rct);

        f.textSize=ts;
        f.textFont="ZapfDingbats";
        this.removeField("T Neej.");
    }
}

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Use this code:

for(var i = 0; i< 61; i++){
    if(this.getField("T Neej."+i)!= null){
        var ts=this.getField("T Neej."+i).textSize;
        var tf=this.getField("T Neej."+i).textFont;
        var rct=this.getField("T Neej."+i).rect;
        var pg=this.getField("T Neej."+i).page;
        var f=this.addField("checkBox"+i,"checkbox",pg,rct);

        f.textSize=ts;
        f.textFont="ZapfDingbats";
        this.removeField("T Neej."+i);
    }
}

[2Charlie]

Thank you so much for the help! That solves the issue.

[2Charlie]

Is there a way to get the exact number of checkboxes based on the getField("Name1")?