Repeated Characters at End of Textbox

[DrMaryBerge&Assoc]

Hi all. I am new to Javascript and have limited understanding so far.

I have created a fillable pdf form to align with my check paper to type customized checks. I have written a javascript to convert the number typed into the 'Amount' box (i.e. $1,000.00) to text on the written amount line (i.e. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS). I would like to this this format itself as "ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS***********************************" with the asterisks repeating until the end of the textbox which would obviously be a variable length depending on the length of the words needed. How might I code this and in what area would I write this code?

Thank you in advance!

Here is the coding I am currently using:

Document Javascript:

function Num2word(value) {
var fraction = Math.round(frac(value)*100);
var f_text = "";

if(fraction > 0) {
f_text = " AND "+convert_number(fraction)+" CENTS";
}

return convert_number(value)+" DOLLARS"+f_text+" ONLY";
}

function frac(f) {
return f % 1;
}

function convert_number(number)
{
if ((number < 0) || (number > 999999999))
{
return "NUMBER OUT OF RANGE!";
}
var Gn = Math.floor(number / 10000000); /* million */
number -= Gn * 10000000;
var kn = Math.floor(number / 100000); /* thousand */
number -= kn * 100000;
var Hn = Math.floor(number / 1000); /* thousand */
number -= Hn * 1000;
var Dn = Math.floor(number / 100); /* Tens (deca) */
number = number % 100; /* Ones */
var tn= Math.floor(number / 10);
var one=Math.floor(number % 10);
var res = "";

if (Gn>0)
{
res += (convert_number(Gn) + " MILLION");
}
if (kn>0)
{
res += (((res=="") ? "" : " ") +
convert_number(kn) + " THOUSAND");
}
if (Hn>0)
{
res += (((res=="") ? "" : " ") +
convert_number(Hn) + " THOUSAND");
}

if (Dn)
{
res += (((res=="") ? "" : " ") +
convert_number(Dn) + " HUNDRED");
}

var ones = Array("", "ONE", "TWO", "THREE", "FOUR", "FIVE", "SIX","SEVEN", "EIGHT", "NINE", "TEN", "ELEVEN", "TWELVE", "THIRTEEN","FOURTEEN", "FIFTEEN", "SIXTEEN", "SEVENTEEN", "EIGHTEEN","NINETEEN");
var tens = Array("", "", "TWENTY", "THIRTY", "FOURTY", "FIFTY", "SIXTY","SEVENTY", "EIGHTY", "NINETY");

if (tn>0 || one>0)
{
if (!(res==""))
{
res += " AND ";
}
if (tn < 2)
{
res += ones[tn * 10 + one];
}
else
{

res += tens[tn];
if (one>0)
{
res += ("-" + ones[one]);
}
}
}

if (res=="")
{
res = "zero";
}
return res;
}

Then I have this coded in Custom Calculation Script:

var val = this.getField("Amount").valueAsString;
if (val == ""){
event.value = ""
}else if (val != ""){
event.value = Num2word(val);
}

[Test Screen Name]

This is very difficult as characters have different widths. 

[try67 · Accepted solution]

If you just want it to reach a certain length in characters (NOT in size, as mentioned above), you can use something like this:

while (event.value.length<40) event.value+="*";

[DrMaryBerge&Assoc]

This worked perfectly! Thank you!!!

[bebarth]

Hi,

I know I'm a bit late on this post, but here is my proposal.

I modified a bit the function to remove the plurial for "DOLLAR" and "CENT" when the values are 0 or 1.

The script is in custon keystroke script of the Amount field so it modify the other field at each typing.

The text size of the other field is "Auto".

For the functions in document-level:

function Num2word(value) {
	var fraction=Math.round(frac(value)*100);
	var f_text="";
	if(fraction>0) {
		var plurial="";
		if (fraction>1) var plurial="S";
		f_text=" AND "+convert_number(fraction)+" CENT"+plurial;
	}
	var plurial="";
	if (value>1) var plurial="S";
	return convert_number(value)+" DOLLAR"+plurial+f_text+" ONLY";
}

function frac(f) {return f%1};

function convert_number(number) {
	if ((number < 0) || (number>999999999)) return "NUMBER OUT OF RANGE!";
	var Gn=Math.floor(number/10000000); /* million */
	number -= Gn*10000000;
	var kn=Math.floor(number/100000); /* thousand */
	number -= kn*100000;
	var Hn=Math.floor(number/1000); /* thousand */
	number -= Hn*1000;
	var Dn=Math.floor(number/100); /* Tens (deca) */
	number=number%100; /* Ones */
	var tn= Math.floor(number/10);
	var one=Math.floor(number%10);
	var res="";

	if (Gn>0) res+=(convert_number(Gn)+" MILLION");
	if (kn>0) {
		res+=(((res=="")?"":" ") +
		convert_number(kn)+" THOUSAND");
	}
	if (Hn>0) {
		res+=(((res=="")?"":" ") +
		convert_number(Hn)+" THOUSAND");
	}
	if (Dn) {
		res+=(((res=="")?"":" ") +
		convert_number(Dn)+" HUNDRED");
	}
	var ones=Array("", "ONE", "TWO", "THREE", "FOUR", "FIVE", "SIX","SEVEN", "EIGHT", "NINE", "TEN", "ELEVEN", "TWELVE", "THIRTEEN","FOURTEEN", "FIFTEEN", "SIXTEEN", "SEVENTEEN", "EIGHTEEN","NINETEEN");
	var tens=Array("", "", "TWENTY", "THIRTY", "FOURTY", "FIFTY", "SIXTY","SEVENTY", "EIGHTY", "NINETY");
	if (tn>0 || one>0) {
		if (!(res=="")) res+=" AND ";
		if (tn < 2) res+=ones[tn*10+one];
		else {
			res+=tens[tn];
			if (one>0) res+=("-"+ones[one]);
		}
	}
	if (res=="") res="ZERO";
	return res;
}

// bb
var nb=116; // Number of asterisks in this blank field
var asterisks="";
for (var i=0; i<nb; i++) asterisks+="*";

The custom keystroke script:

if (!event.willCommit) {
	var aTester=event.value.split("");
	aTester.splice(event.selStart, event.selEnd-event.selStart, event.change);
	var testeChaine=aTester.join("");
	RegExAmount=/^(\d{0,9}(\.\d{0,2})?)$/;
	if (RegExAmount.test(testeChaine)) {
		if (Number(testeChaine)==0) this.getField("amountInLetters").value=asterisks;
		else this.getField("amountInLetters").value=Num2word(testeChaine)+asterisks.substr(Num2word(testeChaine).length*1.5);;
	} else event.rc=false;
} else {
	RegExAmount=/^(\d{1,9}(\.\d{0,2})?)$/;
	if (event.value=="" || RegExAmount.test(event.value)) {
		if (Number(testeChaine)==0) this.getField("amountInLetters").value=asterisks;
		else this.getField("amountInLetters").value=Num2word(testeChaine)+asterisks.substr(Num2word(testeChaine).length*1.5);;
	} else event.rc=false;
}

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