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pick an option from dropdown then press a button and fill a List?

Community Beginner ,
Feb 22, 2023 Feb 22, 2023

hi there, i need some help with this.

 

i have a dropdown with A, B and C

if i pick A..then press a button...it adds A in a list

then if i pick B from the dropdown...press the same button ..it adds B to the list too

so my list has A and then under A there is B.

 

can someone help with this?

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Community Expert ,
Feb 22, 2023 Feb 22, 2023

Read these articles:

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/List-Field-Usage-and-Handling.cfm

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

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/js_list_combo_livecycle/

 

Populating a list items dynamically can cause cascades of reentrant event. So be careful. 

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
Use the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 23, 2023 Feb 23, 2023

thanks, i will look into it.

i found an example where text is inserted in a list and then thru a button exported into a droplist..

hopefully i can reverse that.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 23, 2023 Feb 23, 2023

The last article in my list is about adding new list items to a dropdown from changes in another dropdown. 

Should be close to what you need. 

 

 

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 24, 2023 Feb 24, 2023

close but not what i need . thanks

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Community Expert ,
Feb 24, 2023 Feb 24, 2023
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Try this article:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/list_and_combo_in_lc/

 

It has an example PDF that moves items from one list to another. 

It has everything you need to figure you how to write the script you want.  

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
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