Combine Fields

[mannyg41299356]

I have 3 separate fields for First name, Middle Initial and Last Name. I'd like to combine all the fields into one field in the same PDF.

[sagenp41900802]

// Get the field values, as strings

var First_Name = getField("First_Name").valueAsString;

var Middle_Name = getField("Middle_Name").valueAsString;

var Last_Name = getField("Last_Name").valueAsString;

// Combine values, separated by a space

if(getField("Middle_Name").value == ""){

    event.value = First_Name + " " + Last_Name

}

else {

    event.value = First_Name + " " + Middle_Name + " " + Last_Name

}

This goes into the calculate> Custom Script and this script is if you don't have a middle name it wont look funny

[mannyg41299356]

I see what you did there, and the attention to the middle name is a nice touch, but something's not quite right. The field is coming up empty.

[George_Johnson]

Check the JavaScript console by pressing Ctrl + J to see if there are any errors.

[mannyg41299356]

This is the message I'm getting:

2:Field:Calculate

TypeError: getField(...) is null

[try67]

That means you specified the wrong field name. Keep in mind that JS is case-sensitive and that you have to use the EXACT field name as it appears in your form, including spaces, underlines, etc.

[mannyg41299356]

That wasn't the issue. Turns out all I had to do was to change the values of First_Name, Middle_Name and Last_Name to s1, s2 and s3. Thanks for all the responses.

[gkaiseril]

I would use 2 document level functions. The first would combine the fields but not include any field with a null value and include a separator value as needed. The other function would bet the field object and report any field that could not found by name.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lqwo2clnb7pfjar/Concatinate%20Name%20and%20Address.pdf?dl=0

Concatenate Name and Address

This approach avoids extra spaces or other separators when there are fields with null strings for a value.