How do I add a box next to a title and have it copy that title to another page in a PDF document?

[stephenc22263337]

I am compiling an ebook and want to make it so that the title of each page

can be copied to another page by clicking a box,  each page will be copied

to the same page if box clicked and that page is (Journey Planner)...in adobe acrobat so

correct Javascript required please.....

[try67]

So you want to create a button that puts a certain text into a text field when clicked? It's simple. Add this code as the button's MouseUp event:

this.getField("Text1").value = "Journey Planner";

[stephenc22263337]

Hi try67

don't think I was clear about what i want to do....

I want to be able to do this.......300 page book, imported as PDF document into acrobat,

if a click box is checked then the page title will be added to a list. "Journey Planner Page"

the script you have given doesn't work..all I am getting is a dotted square with no text.?

is that because I dont have a text box on the recipient page"JourneyPlanner"?

or is it because the text that I want to transfer is not in a text box?

again thank you for your help

[try67]

So you want to use a check-box and when that box is ticked some text should appear in a text field on another page?

[stephenc22263337]

yes...text field on that page(page where text is to appear) is "text33"

[try67]

And the name of the checkbox?

[stephenc22263337]

check box name "Add"

just so I am clear, I need to be able to do this on any page out of the 300 and so make a list

in "Text33" of all check boxes clicked.......say anything from 3 to 15 in the list...

[try67]

You can't use the same field name for all the check-boxes. Each one will have to have a unique name.

Let's say that if "Add1" is ticked then "Text33" should show "Journey Planner".

You can use this code as the custom calculation script of Text33:

var items = [];
if (this.getField("Add1").valueAsString!="Off") items.push("Journey Planner");
if (this.getField("Add2").valueAsString!="Off") items.push("Something else");
if (this.getField("Add3").valueAsString!="Off") items.push("Yet another thing"); // etc.
event.value = items.join(", ");

[stephenc22263337]

OMG.... that is complicated.....

Just so i have this correct then...

I would have to have a different named check box on each page then

in text33 make a list of them as shown in your last message?

so basically a list of 300 different check boxes?

[try67]

Well, if you place the text as the export value of each check-box then the script can be much simpler.

If you have fields named Add1 to Add300 you would only need to use this code:

var items = []; 
for (var i=1; i<=300; i++) {
    var v = this.getField("Add"+i).valueAsString;
    if (v!="Off") items.push(v); 
}
event.value = items.join(", "); 

Regarding adding the check-boxes: That too can be done with a script, if they all need to appear on the same spot.

[stephenc22263337]

ok thank you, I will give that a go tomoz..

will let you know if its worked.

many thanks again for your help

[stephenc22263337]

sorry...so what would be the script for each check box (Add1) on each page?

[try67]

The check-boxes themselves do not require having any script attached to them.