Spawn/Delete Functionality to an App.Alert

[jonathanm75257324]

I'm using a bit of complex code (and I'm trying to stay away from global variables) to have a checkbox within an app.alert window that upon click wound spawn a template. I have both codes (one for the app.alert with checkbox, and one for the spawn/delete) but cannot seem to link the two together well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

App.Alert Code [Based on a dropdown value] :

{var oCk = {cMsg:"Yes, I want to add a form to this document", bInitialValue:true, bAfterValue:false};

    app.alert({cMsg:" Do you want to add a form to this document?", nIcon:3, oCheckbox:oCk, cTitle:"TDR?"});

    }

Spawn/Delete Code [To be triggered upon click of app.alert check]:

if (this.getField("Checkbox").value == "Off")

{

    oFld = this.getField("Additional NotesComments");

    this.deletePages(oFld.page[1]);

}

else

{

    var a = this.getTemplate("Form");

    a.spawn(1, false, false);

}

Let me know if you can help!

[try67]

You'll be better off using a "Yes/No" alert, instead.

On 4 October 2018 at 00:55, jonathanm75257324 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[jonathanm75257324]

Any insight on how to do it as a yes/no alert would be greatly appreciate. My main issue is linking the code.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Like this:

if (app.alert("Do you want to add a form to this file?",2,2)==4) {
    // put code to spawn page here
}

[jonathanm75257324]

Thanks, that worked well.

One more caveat, I would like the alert to come up on only certain values (5 of them) within the dropdown list of 10. How would I do that?

[try67]

Did you attach the code to the drop-down's Validation event?

[jonathanm75257324]

I did not. It is set as a MouseUp action. Which do you recommend and what would the code be? Thanks.

[try67]

Use something like this as the custom validation script of the field:

if (event.value=="Value 1" || event.value=="Value 2" || event.value=="Value 5") {
    if (app.alert("Do you want to add a form to this file?",2,2)==4) {
        // put code to spawn page here 
    }
}

[jonathanm75257324]

That worked well!

Would there be a way for the spawned page to only show up once? Either in the app alert or put in a max spawn page rule somehow.

Thanks.

[try67]

Sure, you can add something like this to the current code:

if (this.numPages<6) {

... // spawn page

} else app.alert("You may only add the form once.");

[jonathanm75257324]

That didn't seem to work. For more context, if the user selected a dropdown option that would trigger the app.alert, said yes and spawned the additional form, I would not want them to be able to add an additional form if they were to make a new selection (even if they say yes)

[try67]

Yes, I understood... Where did you place the code? Did you adjust the

allowed number of pages (I just entered 6 as a sample)?

On 5 October 2018 at 23:56, jonathanm75257324 <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[jonathanm75257324]

I placed it where the original spawn page went:

    if (this.numPages<1) {

    var a = this.getTemplate("TDR");

    a.spawn(1, false, false);

    } else app.alert("You may only add the form once.");

[try67]

How can the number of pages in the file be less than 1?

[jonathanm75257324]

Ok. I switched it to 2. As shown below. Still no luck.

if (this.numPages<2) {

    var a = this.getTemplate("TDR");

    a.spawn(1, false, false);

    } else app.alert("You may only add the form once.");

[try67]

How many pages are there in the file before the form is added?

Can you share the file?

[jonathanm75257324]

I cannot share the file, unfortunately. Its a consolidated form with 4 subforms based on checkboxes. At its maximum its a 7 page document. Page 1 and 7 are always the same, the middle depends on order and number of selection. This would be a 5th sub form added.

I would prefer it to be always after page 1 if spawned.

[try67]

Change the first line to:

if (this.numPages<7) {