Tools > Action Wizard JavaScript

[ludam63441084]

I have a list of pdf documents, all of them have "ABC" field which is a sum of fields Field1 and Field2. I need to change the rule and add one more filed to the sum.

I use Tools>Action Wizard and JavaScript like this:

var f = this.getField("ABC");

f.setAction('Calculate',  "AFSimple_Calculate(\"SUM\", \"Field1, Field2, Field3\");" );

But after applying the action to the docs nothing was changed. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

[George_Johnson]

Did you add a Save step?

[ludam63441084]

Sure, I did. For instance, this code works OK

var f = this.getField("GELEOtherClothing");

f.value = 100;

[George_Johnson]

It seems to apply the script, but it's not reflected in the calculate tab of the field properties dialog as you would expect. Is the calculation being performed correctly for you?

[ludam63441084]

The fields are blank, they are to be populated by users. I added some test values and the calculation performed correctly. But this is not what I need. I need to change the filed properties. Our designer made a mistake, he missed some fileds to be sum up. More that 50 copies of the document was created and all of them have the same issue of course. I would like to write a script to fix all the documents using Tools>Action Wizard instead of fixing each document manually. Is it possible?

[George_Johnson · Accepted solution]

This code works as expected for me:

var f = this.getField("ABC");

f.setAction("Calculate", "AFSimple_Calculate(\"SUM\", new Array(\"Field1\", \"Field2\", \"Field3\"));");

[ludam63441084]

Thanks! George_Johnson code works OK!

[try67]

In addition to adding a Save step, add this line to the end of your code:

this.calculateNow();

[ludam63441084]

Thanks for your answer, but with this.calculateNow(); the result is the same, nothing was changed in the docs.

May be I wasnt clear. I dont need the field to be re-calculated on doing JavaScript, I need to change field's property, the list of fields to be sum up. Am I on the right way?

[try67]

You do need to perform a re-calculation, because just setting a new action to the field's Calculation event does not actually trigger it.