Copying items into a single field in order they are selected

[Mark5EC1]

Hello. 

On my PDF (created in Acrobat Pro), I currently have a button which copies selected items into a single field when pressed using the following script:

if(4==app.alert("Retrieve Introduction Items?",1,2)) {

var total = ""; for(var i=1; i<=30; i++){ if(this.getField("Box"+i).valueAsString != "Off") total+=this.getField("Text"+i).valueAsString+"\n";} this.getField("Sum1").value = total

}

The above script will pull the selected items through in a set order. However, is there a way for items to be coped into a list as they are selected, appearing in the target field in the order the user selects them? 

thanks 

Mark

[try67]

That will require a more complex solution. You could add a code to each one of the check-boxes that adds the corresponding text field when is it clicked. But you would also need to do the reverse, ie. remove the text from the text field when the check-box is unticked.

I don't know how your file is set up, but if the user can edit the text in the text field after clicking the check-box that would not be possible, I think, or least much more complicated.

[Mark5EC1]

Thanks, that makes sense.  The end user won't be editing the text, so that shouldn't be too much of an issue.  

[Mark5EC1]

I think i've found a solution - just putting a caluclation script on the target box as follows'

var items = []; if (this.getField("Box28 ").value!="Off") items.push(this.getField("Text28").value); if (this.getField("Box29").value!="Off") items.push(this.getField("Text29").value);

// etc.

event.value = items.join("\n");

[try67]

How is that different from what you originally had? I thought you wanted to merge them in the order in which the user selects them...

[Mark5EC1]

Yep - my mistake! I thought they were coming though in the order selected.  

[tennis5C24]

I Am Facing Same Issuue If  Anyone Have Soultion Then Tell Me Please 

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can do it using this function:

function mouseUpBox() {
	var summaryTextField = this.getField("Sum1");
	var summary = summaryTextField.valueAsString;
	var textValue = this.getField(event.target.name.replace("Box", "Text")).valueAsString;
	if (event.target.value=="Off") {
		summary = summary.replace(textValue + "\r", "");
		summaryTextField.value = summary;
	} else summaryTextField.value+=textValue+"\r";
}

Add it as a doc-level script, and then call it from the Mouse Up event of each check-box.

[Mark5EC1]

Excellent - that works perfectly! Thank you - really appreciated.