Spawn different page templates from dropdown

[jonathanm59251112]

Hi I'm currently trying to make a pdf spawn different page templates based on the selections from a dropdown and I can't seem to get it to work:

I have the drop down named "Brief Type 3" containing 5 items with export values from 1-5. I also have a button to receive these values.

I have 5 page templates named 'spawn1', 'spawn2' 'spawn3' 'spawn4' 'spawn5'.

I'm using the following:

var sel = this.getField("Brief Type 3").value;

var templateName = "";

switch (sel) {

    case 1 : templateName = "spawn1";

        break;

    case 2 : templateName = "spawn2";

        break;

    case 3 : templateName = "spawn3";

        break;

    case 4 : templateName = "spawn4";

        break;

    case 5 : templateName = "spawn5";

        break;

}

if (templateName != "") {

    var t = this.getTemplate(templateName);

    t.spawn();

}

What am I doing wrong??

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Sam

[try67]

Where did you place the code?

Are there any error messages when you run it?

If you don't specify any parameters for the spawn method it will spawn the template over the existing first page of the file. It won't create a new page. Is that what you want to happen?

[jonathanm59251112]

Hi, I placed the code on a mouse up on the OK button, I'd like all spawned pages to go after the page that is generating it, i.e. the one with the dropdown/ok button.

Thanks

Sam

[jonathanm59251112]

There are also no error messages

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Then you need to change this:

t.spawn();

To something like this:

t.spawn({nPage: event.target.page+1, bOverlay: false});

[jonathanm59251112]

Thanks try67 but still getting the same result, or no result. The button reacts but the dropdown just resets to default and no page is spawned!

I'm lost!

[jonathanm59251112]

I'm just going to use radio buttons instead.

Thank you for your help anyway!!

[try67]

Can you share the file with us (via Dropbox, Google Drive, Adobe Send & Track, etc.)?

[jonathanm59251112]

wetransfer link below:

https://we.tl/t-b0XYU9L61P

[try67]

Works fine for me, although I don't like the use of the list box for that. You should convert it to a drop-down field.

[Bernd Alheit]

It works in Acrobat Reader DC and Adobe Acrobat DC.

[jonathanm59251112]

Thank's both, it seems its an issue with my acrobat install, just tried it on a colleague's machine and it works!

thanks again!