Verify checkbox and send email

[JS2014C]

Hello,

I'm working on trying to create a button that will verify that one or the other checkbox has been checked and then would send the pdf to the email of the checked checkbox. I am very new to coding and reading online and in the forums I was able to put this javascript together but it is not working properly and I am not sure what I have done wrong. For the code I have just put in generics to show an example of what I'm trying to create:

Button Code:

//To check checkbox and send email

var cCK = this.getField("CheckBox1", "ChekcBox2").value;

if(cCK=="Off") app.alert ("app message");

else if(this.getField("CheckBox1).value=="Yes")(this.mailDoc({cTo:"email1"});}

else if(this.getField("CheckBox2).value=="Yes")(this.mailDoc({cTo:"email2"});}

The error message will pop-up even if one checkbox is checked and it won't attach the pdf to the email, any help on how to remedy this error would be appreciated!

[Mike Bro]

Hello @JS2014C,

I haven't tested your code but I did notice a type-O

//Change this line
var cCK = this.getField("CheckBox1", "ChekcBox2").value;

//To
var cCK = this.getField("CheckBox1", "CheckBox2").value;

Regards,

Mike

[JS2014C]

Thanks for catching that, that is typo in my post (Sorry!)

[try67]

It's not a typo, but a mistake. The getField method only takes one parameter.

[Bernd Alheit]

You can only use one field name at method getField.

[JS2014C]

Thanks for that info, good to know.

[Nesa Nurani · Accepted solution]

You can do it like this:

var cCK1 = this.getField("CheckBox1").valueAsString;
var cCK2 = this.getField("CheckBox2").valueAsString;
if(cCK1=="Off"&&cCK2=="Off") app.alert ("app message");

else if(cCK1=="Yes")(this.mailDoc({cTo:"email1"});}

else if(cCK2=="Yes")(this.mailDoc({cTo:"email2"});}

What should happen if both checkboxes are "Yes"?

You were also missing second parentheses next to both field names in 'else if' lines.

[JS2014C]

Thank you so much! I was able to make this coding work and added your suggestion about what if they were both yes.

Code used:

var cCK1=this.getField(Checkbox1).valueAsString;

var cCK2=this.getField(Checkbox2).valueAsString;

if(cCK1&&cCK2=="Off")app.alert("app message");

else if(cCK1=="Yes"&&cCK2=="Yes")app.alert("app message");

else if(cCK1=="Yes")this.mailDoc({bUI:true, cTo:"email1});

else if(cCK2=="Yes")this.mailDoc({bUI:true,cTo:"email2});

[Nesa Nurani]

You are missing quotations in both variables and at the end of both 'email' and this is error too if(cCK1&&cCK2=="Off"), it should look like this:

var cCK1=this.getField("Checkbox1").valueAsString;

var cCK2=this.getField("Checkbox2").valueAsString;

if(cCK1=="Off"&&cCK2=="Off")app.alert("app message");

else if(cCK1=="Yes"&&cCK2=="Yes")app.alert("app message");

else if(cCK1=="Yes")this.mailDoc({bUI:true, cTo:"email1"});

else if(cCK2=="Yes")this.mailDoc({bUI:true,cTo:"email2"});

[JS2014C]

Thank you, I will update with those corrections.