PDF Dropdown export value multiple values?

[mcooper1]

Hello There,
I'm creating a project initiation form. I intent to have the approver name autopopulate based on the business division selected from a drop down list.

I understand that to have the text feild autopopulate I will write code that says event.value=this.getField("dropdown item name").value. I also understand that I enter the export value in the dropdown item options.

Is there a way to enter multiple export values? In my approval process, I need the form to the signed by person A and person B. I would like to have text box 1 populeate with approver A's name and text box 2 populate with approver B's name. Is that possible?

Thank you!

[George_Johnson]

The export value of a dropdown item can be any string you want. If you use a specific character to delimit the names within the string, you can use a script to separate them and populate the text boxes with the names. For example, if the export value for an item is the string:

"Jimmy Buffett|Steve Goodman"

which uses the pipe character as the delimiter, you could set up the first name field with the following custom calculation script:

// Custom calculate script for 1st name field
(function () {

    // Get the value of the dropdown, as a string
    var sNames = getField("Dropdown1").valueAsString;

    // Attempt to parse two separate strings into an array
    var aNames = sNames.split("|");

    // Get a reference to the 2nd name field
    var f2 = getField("Name2");

    if (aNames.length === 2) {  // If two strings were extracted from dropdown value
        event.value = aNames[0];  // Populate this field with the first name
        f2.value = aNames[1];  // Populate the 2nd name field
    } else {  // Only 1 or zero strings could be extracted from dropdown value...
        event.value = "";  // Blank this name field
        f2.value = "";  // Blank the 2nd name field
    }

})();

You will have to change the field names in the code to match the actual names of the dropdown and 2nd name field. You will also have to include a pipe character in the export value of each item at the end of the first name even if there's only one name.

[mcooper1]

Thank you