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show/hide fields based on drop down choices

Community Beginner ,
Jun 11, 2014 Jun 11, 2014

I have a dropdown field with three choices. Based on the selection, I need a specific text form field to appear, and the others to remain hidden. (Or if it makes the code more clean, the resulting field could be a dropdown, too, with the appropriate choice selected.) I don't know Java well enough to extrapolate code from online examples and repurpose it for my forms. I can provide a sample form. Thanks in advance for your help.

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Acrobat SDK and JavaScript , Windows
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Engaged , Jun 11, 2014 Jun 11, 2014

There are some ways to execute this.  the easiest for you would be to add this script to the calculate (calculate tab in properties) event of the field that needs to be hidden.  Take notes that everything after "//" is just hints for you to understand the code.  You will need to put this script in every field that you want to replicate the behavior, changing the value according to what you want to accomplish.  the word "event" means myself for you to understand.


if (this.getField("dropdown").valu

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New Here ,
Aug 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020

Hi, Could you please show how to set filed (more than 6) set mandatory/readonly? thank you in advance, Andrey

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Community Expert ,
Aug 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020

this.getField("Text1").required = true;

this.getField("Text2").readonly = true;

 

Duplicate and repeat as much as necessary.

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New Here ,
Aug 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020

thank you so much, ufortunatelly first 2 feild cnanged status, other not. 

code: custom verification/dropbox

var f1 = this.getField("phone");
var f11 = this.getField("phone_other");
var f2 = this.getField("date_order");
var f21 = this.getField("reason");
var f3 = this.getField("phone_number_other");
var f4 = this.getField("limit");
var f41 = this.getField("limit_other");
var f5 = this.getField("internet");
var f51 = this.getField("internet_other");
var f6 = this.getField("WBS");

 

if (event.value=="-Select action-") {

f1.readonly = true; f11.readonly = true;
f2.readonly = true; f21.readonly = true;
f3.readonly = true;
f4.readonly = true; f41.readonly = true;
f5.readonly = true; f51.readonly = true;
f6.readonly = true;

f1.required = false; f11.required = false;
f2.required = false; f21.required = false;
f3.required = false;
f4.required = false; f41.required = false;
f5.required = false; f51.required = false;
f6.required = false;

} else if (event.value=="Mobile phone request") {

...

}

could you please help?

BR

Andrey

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Community Expert ,
Aug 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020

Check the JS Console for error messages.

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New Here ,
Aug 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020

checked, thank u so much. solve issue 

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