capture checkbox values

[brendah78678494]

Preface: I am new to JavaScript and I know nothing about this language.

I need some JavaScript code for the following: I created a form with 8 checkboxes and a submit button.  If the boxes are checked, I want to populate the address field of an email (w/ one or multiple addresses). For example: if Child Care and Sound Tech are checked, the email address field should be populated with Childcare@test.com; Soundtech@abc.com. If nothing is checked, prompt with an error msg.  Moreover, I want the email sent in the background without the user having to click the send button.

Your assistance is appreciated

BrendaHC

[try67]

What are the names of the check-boxes? Did you set the email addresses as their export values, or do you want to hard-code them into the script?

Your second request (sending the data by email silently) is not possible, not unless a script is installed on the user's local machine, and even then they have to allow it at least once.

[brendah78678494]

The names of the boxes are below. In the form they are named as defaulted, i.e. Check box 35.

I planned on hard coding the email addresses, unless there is a better way. Again, I don't know Javascript.

[try67]

I'm not seeing anything "below"... Did you mean to insert an image?

[brendah78678494]

Yes, I inserted an image in the original email and on my 1st reply.

Check Box34 - export value = CC

Check Box35 - export value = FAC

Check Box36 - export value = Hop

Check Box37 - export value = MM

Check Box38 - export value = MD

Check Box39 - export value = Mus

Check Box40 - export value = St

Check Box41 - export value = Vt

Thank you

[try67]

OK, so you can use something like this as the custom MouseUp code for the Submit button:

var emails = []
if (this.getField("Check Box34").value!="Off") emails.push("Childcare@test.com");
if (this.getField("Check Box35").value!="Off") emails.push("Soundtech@abc.com");
// etc.
if (emails.length==0) {
    app.alert("Error! You must first select some recipients for the form.",1);
} else {
    this.mailDoc({cTo: emails.join(";"), cSubject: "Enter the email subject line here", cMsg: "Enter the email message body here"});
}

[brendah78678494]

You are wonderful!  Thank you very much.