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Dependent dropdown menus in Acrobat forms

New Here ,
Dec 06, 2018 Dec 06, 2018

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I am creating a form that has 2 dependent dropdowns.  The first box has 4 choices.  The second one will vary depending on the 1st.  I am new to java, so I copied a script and edited it.  I am receiving an error when trying to apply my script.  The error and the script and both below.  Please help!  Thanks!

Acrobat Standard DC

Win 10 Enterprise

Here is my script:

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myDropdown4Values = ["","Profitable growth", "Optimal outcomes", "Top talent", "Operational excellence"];

this.getField("Dropdown5").setItems(myDropdown4Values);

var Strategy = {

Profitable growth: ["","Diversification","Differentiation","Sales pipeline","Existing product innovation","New product innovation","Geographical expansion"],

Optimal outcomes: ["","Access","Quality","Risk Score Accuracy","Comprehensive Health","Utilization Management","Data Interfaces","Provider Collaboration","Individual Engagement","Stakeholder Satisfaction"],

Top talent: ["","Diversity and Inclusion","Culture and Infrastructure","Talent Management","Talent Recruitment","Talent Development","Thought Leadership","Learning and Growth"],

Operational excellence: ["","Go-to-Market Discipline","Security & Compliance","Cross-Functional Optimization","Data Analytics","Customer Service","Capacity Management","Seamless Integration"],

};

function SetFieldValues(cStrategy)

{

this.getField("Dropdown2").setItems(Strategy[cStrategy]);

}

Custom Keystroke Dropdown 4

if( event.willCommit )

{

if(event.value == "")

this.getField("Dropdown5").clearItems();

else

SetFieldValues(event.value);

}

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All of your strings need to be in quotes, such as "Profitable growth", "Operational excellence", etc.

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Dec 07, 2018 Dec 07, 2018

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Hello!  They are all in quotes.  I went through the entire script twice to make sure they all are.  Any other suggestions?

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They are not all in quotes.

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myDropdown4Values = ["","Profitable growth", "Optimal outcomes", "Top talent", "Operational excellence"];

this.getField("Dropdown5").setItems(myDropdown4Values);

var Strategy = {

Profitable growth: ["","Diversification","Differentiation","Sales pipeline","Existing product innovation","New product innovation","Geographical expansion"],

Optimal outcomes: ["","Access","Quality","Risk Score Accuracy","Comprehensive Health","Utilization Management","Data Interfaces","Provider Collaboration","Individual Engagement","Stakeholder Satisfaction"],

Top talent: ["","Diversity and Inclusion","Culture and Infrastructure","Talent Management","Talent Recruitment","Talent Development","Thought Leadership","Learning and Growth"],

Operational excellence: ["","Go-to-Market Discipline","Security & Compliance","Cross-Functional Optimization","Data Analytics","Customer Service","Capacity Management","Seamless Integration"],

};

function SetFieldValues(cStrategy)

{

this.getField("Dropdown2").setItems(Strategy[cStrategy]);

}

Custom Keystroke Dropdown 4

if( event.willCommit )

{

if(event.value == "")

this.getField("Dropdown5").clearItems();

else

SetFieldValues(event.value);

}

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I can't see any quotes there:

Profitable growth:

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Look closer.

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OK.  I added the quotes as suggested, and the 2nd box shows the 4 options for the 1st box.  Please help!

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What is the name of the 2nd box?

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Dropdown5.  The 1st box is Dropdown4.

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You set the items here:

this.getField("Dropdown5").setItems(myDropdown4Values);

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I have that line in the script but Dropdown5 still has the same options that Dropdown4 has.  The 2nd list doesn't change at all.

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You doesn't change the 2nd list.

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In the script, the "SetFieldValues()" function uses "Dropdown2". This needs to be changed to "Dropdown5"

And as Try67 pointed out. The first set line needs to be changed to:

this.getField("Dropdown4").setItems(myDropdown4Values);

Fixing these two items will fix your script. 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
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Thank you for your help!!!

I made the changes, and the 2nd box still does not populate with the corresponding options.  The 2nd box gives me just the initial 4 options.

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Here's the current script:

myDropdown4Values = ["","Profitable growth", "Optimal outcomes", "Top talent", "Operational excellence"];

this.getField("Dropdown4").setItems(myDropdown4Values);

var Strategy = {

"Profitable growth": ["","Diversification","Differentiation","Sales pipeline","Existing product innovation","New product innovation","Geographical expansion"],

"Optimal outcomes": ["","Access","Quality","Risk Score Accuracy","Comprehensive Health","Utilization Management","Data Interfaces","Provider Collaboration","Individual Engagement","Stakeholder Satisfaction"],

"Top talent": ["","Diversity and Inclusion","Culture and Infrastructure","Talent Management","Talent Recruitment","Talent Development","Thought Leadership","Learning and Growth"],

"Operational excellence": ["","Go-to-Market Discipline","Security & Compliance","Cross-Functional Optimization","Data Analytics","Customer Service","Capacity Management","Seamless Integration"],

};

function SetFieldValues(cStrategy)

{

this.getField("Dropdown5").setItems(myDropdown4Values);

}

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You use for Dropdown4 and Dropdown5 the same values.

Why does you remove .setItems(Strategy[cStrategy]); ?

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The SetFielValues function needs to be this:

function SetFieldValues(cStrategy)

{

     this.getField("Dropdown5").setItems(Strategy[cStrategy]);

}

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScripting
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Thank you all for your replies.  I added that line and it still does not work.  Any suggestions?

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Post your full code again.

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