Set value of text field based on selection of radio buttons

[TMWagner]

Refinement to earlier question try67​

To simplify and modify an earlier question-  assume the following

A document with two fields:

• question1 (a 2 button field)
• response1 (a multi line field)

I've added javascript as an "Action" for the "question1" field.

The javascript is as follows (triggered by mousedown)

var answer1 = this.getField("question1").value;

var responseText = "Response text not set (yet)";

console.println("Set Variable answer1 to :" + answer1);

if (answer1 == "yes") {

responseText = "The answer is yes"

console.println("We are setting the txt to yes");

}

else {

responseText = "The answer is no"

console.println("We are setting the txt to NO");

}

this.getField("response1").value = responseText;

The problem is that when the event "mousedown" (or mouseup) fires, the value has not yet been set.

How do run my script AFTER the radio button has been set?

As it stands now, if the form is clear - the console log shows the following:

Set Variable answer1 to :Off

We are setting the txt to NO

Clearly, I'm either not putting the javascript in the right spot, or I'm not using the right event, or both... or so it seems.

Thank you in advance!

[try67]

You need to use the text field's custom calculation script, instead of the ones associated with the radio-buttons.

[try67]

To do that you can use the code you have, just change the last line to:

event.value = responseText;