Remove 0.00 from calculated field

[RobMoen]

Good day,

I created an invoice. Actually very simple. Quantity times price gives amount. I have 4 calculation fields. If I only want to use 1 field there will be 0.00 in the not used calculations. I would like those lines to stay empty. Is there a way to do this? the calculation in the amount field is QTY1*PRICE1......up to QTY4*PRICE4. Thank you!

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

I am not sure how you calculation works, but could you not place an if and check if the value is 0, and therefore return "". Just a thought.

If you post you calculation code, it would be easier for us to suggest a solution.

Regards

Malcolm

[RobMoen]

Hi Malcolm, please see screenshot. It is a very easy calculation. If you have an idea, please let me know! thanks

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

If you add a custom validation script you can change it - something like

Regards

Malcolm

[RobMoen]

Thank you. I did see that script but didn't know where to put it. The code is working now but the output of the calculated field lost its decimals. The amount of 10.00 comes out of 10

Any solution for that? Thank you very much for your help!

[Thom Parker]

That validation script will not affect the output formatting. 

So the problem must be with the formatting option. What do you have selected?

[RobMoen]

Hi Thom, I placed the script in format category "custom" but it replaces the original "numbers" category so the output is a figure without decimals. I can't think it should be that difficult. I also found out that it is not possible to divide so I had to figure out a way to calculate VAT. That works well. Now just to remove the 0.00 in not used calculation lines. Thank you!!

[BarlaeDC · Accepted solution]

HI,

we can just add an else to your if to set the format, something like:

if ( event.value == 0) {
event.value = "";
}else {
var temp = +event.value; // this line is to make sure the variable is a number.
event.value = temp.toFixed(2);
}

Regards

Malcolm

[RobMoen]

Hi Malcolm, Thank you!! This works great!! I am sure this can help a lot of people making invoice forms in Adobe. Much appreciated!! Thanks again!! Best regards, Rob

[RobMoen]

Hi Malcolm, just one last thing..... it would be great if the output 1234.55 could be like this: 1,234.55

Thanx! Best regards, Rob

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

a little regex can solve that

if ( event.value == 0) {
event.value = "";
}else {
var temp = +event.value;
event.value = temp.toFixed(2).toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ",");
}

Regards

Malcolm

[RobMoen]

Thanks again. It is absolutely perfect now!!

[Thom Parker]

How about just using the regular formatted print function?

event.value = util.printf("%,0.2f",event.value);

[RobMoen]

Thank you Thom, your help is much appreciated. It is working perfect now!

[BrittanyMayBee]

This worked perfectly. Thank you. What would you change if you still need it to be dollar amount $

[Thom Parker]

event.value = util.printf("$%,0.2f",event.value);

[BrittanyMayBee]

Perfect.  Thank you.

[HarlemTax]

I tried this solution as a solution to my PPP appllication post, and it got rid of the 2nd date field, it is now blank, but now the 56th day won't calculate.

Here's what i typed in:

if ( Covered_Period == 0) {
to = "";
}else {
var v = getField("Covered_Period").valueAsString;
// Convert string to date

var d = util.scand("mm/dd/yy", v);
// Add 56 days

d.setDate(d.getDate() + 56);

event.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", d);
}

Any ideas, thx?

[Thom Parker]

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