Why is the blank field script not working in my pdf?

[aeryns]

I created a template in Scribus and added pdf forms fields before saving it as a pdf. I then opened the pdf in Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 and entered the following scripts in my percentage fields, but neither worked.

if(event.value == 0 | event.value = "") event.value = "";

if( Number(event.value) == 0) event.value = "";

I entered each on their own, but neither worked. I also tried entering them in the "Run custom validation script:" and "Custom Calculation Script" sections and neither worked.

Currently, my form will print out "0.00%" when no value is inputted into said fields. I want the fields to print blank if no value is entered.

Any help is highly appreciated, thanks!

[try67]

You can't set a Percentage field to be completely empty. Also, there's an error in the first code...

[aeryns]

I see, well then that explains why those scripts didn't work. Is there any other way to prevent the "0.00%" from being printed? Or are percentage fields really that limited?

[try67]

The only way is if you wrote your own custom Format, Keystroke and Validation methods. Then you would be able to force an empty value.

[aeryns]

Whoa, that sounds really out of my javascript league atm. I guess for now I'll simply restrict the field to number entries - rather than having it be a percentage field - and place a non-editable "%" text field besides it. If the field is blank, then the only thing that'll print out is the "%" sign which is better than the full "0.00%." Thanks for helping me out.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can get pretty good results with pretty simple code, actually... As the custom Format script enter this:

if (event.value) event.value = event.value+"%";

And as the custom validation script enter this:

if (isNaN(Number(event.value))) event.rc = false;

This will basically only allow the user to enter numbers (they could still type non-number characters, but they will be rejected), as well as an empty string, and will add the percentage symbol to any non-empty value.

[aeryns]

This works great, it totally solves my problem, thanks!

Just so I understand, basically the first script says that if something is entered into the field, a % sign should be added to the end of it. In the second script, Number(event.value) converts whatever is entered into the filed to a number. If it truly is a number, then the isNaN(Number(event.value)) returns as false, which then means event.rc = false runs and the number is displayed in the field. If what was entered was not a number, then the if statement would return as true which is why nothing is displayed in such an instance, correct?

[try67]

Exactly so.

[try67]

Sorry, actually the last statement was wrong.

If isNaN returns true it means the value entered is not a number, and then the value is rejected (by setting event.rc as false).

If it is a number nothing is done and by default the new value is accepted.

[aeryns]

Got it, thanks again for all your help.