Dropdown Autofill Javascript on Blur

[Bethany5C3F]

I am composing my fourth PDF form.  I am making forms to collect data from different instruments. They all collect different data thus the need for different sheets but I have a set of fields common to all that are named the same from document to document. So I can export the 15 data fields that I need from each form into one data file. (Thus naming the fields the same is not an option).  In my other form I have a drop down field.  I have it set to fill in a number 1 or 2 based on the selection.  In this field I run a javascript on Blur to autopopulate the other fields that need this same information. In the newest form I am working on I copied the parent field straight from the other form the child fields are only populated one at  a time.  You need to click on and off of that cell to get the numbers to populate.  Each Blur event gives you one more number.  There are a couple of other dropdowns in this document that work the same way (only one autopopulate per click).  The others I can use work arounds on but this particular one needs to work the way I think it should.  Is there some setting that could be different in this form than the other? 

I have been pushing the autopopulate field out from the parent field.  Is there an easy script I can run to make a child field equal a parent field, without naming them the same?  Mostly I'm just confused how it works differently when copied from one form to another.  I tried deleting it an starting from scratch and got the same results. 

Any help is appreciated from this Newbie.  I have learned a lot from you all to get me this far. Thanks!

[Peru Bob]

I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Acrobat forum.

[Bethany5C3F]

Thanks sorry about that.

[try67]

Using the On Blur-event is not a good way of doing it. You should use the Calculate event of the "child" field, with the following code:

event.value = this.getField("parent field name").valueAsString;

[Bethany5C3F]

Thanks so much.  I will try that out. I knew there had to be a different way to do it.  The on blur event was working well until I got to this form. You have been super helpful to get me this far through various posts.   Thanks again Try67!