Populate the State field and Zip Code field once a City is selected from a dropdown menu.

Question

I’m Not very familiar with this in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. Would like to create a dropdown list with certain City Names and when one is selected it populates the State field and Zip Code field with the corresponding information.

I've looked and found a few things but it's all very confusing to me.

Thanks for any input!

fcbg1234 · Accepted Answer

After some trial and error I got things working in a very simple mannor with out using an embedded or external data source.

I created my dropdown with each City and added the State & Zip Code to the Export Value field for each City and selected "Commit selected value immediately".

Then on the text field where the State and Zip Code are displayed, I added this to the "Custom Calculation Script", event.value = this.getField("City").valueAsString;

The only draw back is that the City & Zip Code are displayed in the same field but for my application this will work.

Thanks for your suggestion.

try67 · Answer

You will need to use a custom-made script to do it, and the full data set will have to be embedded in the file, either as a part of the script, or read from an external source, like an attached text file.

I've actually developed a (paid-for) tool that allows you to do it very easily, without having to write any code.

You can find it here: https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-populate-fields-from-dropdown

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