Help with my app alert

[Preston5FCD]

I have an app alert that is triggered by a check box being checked using a mouse up event.  The standard javascript of: 

if(4==app.alert(" my message",2,2))

  this.getField("mytext").setFocus();

works fine, except when you go to unclick the checkbox, the app alert pops up again.  So I transitioned it to:

if (event.target.value == "no")
app.alert("my message",2,2)

this.getField("my text").setFocus();

By the way, "no" is the actual export value.  The issue is that when the app alert pops up, now the yes/no question doesn't opperate as intended.  The user can click Yes or No and it still takes them to the field "my text."  If the user selects no, I just want the pop up to close.  If the user selects yes, then I want it to take them to "my text."

Help would be greatly appreciated!

[Nesa Nurani]

Hi, see if this works for you:

if(event.target.value != "Off"){
app.alert("my message",2,2);}

[Preston5FCD]

That doesn't tell the script what to do when the user selects Yes/No.  

[Nesa Nurani]

I helped you with app.alert, I assumed you will add rest of the code yourself.

If you need help then pls tell me what do you want it to do if it's Yes and no?

[Preston5FCD]

if (event.target.value == "no")
app.alert("my message",2,2)

this.getField("my text").setFocus();

By the way, "no" is the actual export value.  The issue is that when the app alert pops up, now the yes/no question doesn't opperate as intended.  The user can click Yes or No and it still takes them to the field "my text."  If the user selects no, I just want the pop up to close.  If the user selects yes, then I want it to take them to "my text."

This issue I am having is that when I add setFocus command, it doesn't just apply to the Yes button; it takes them to the "my text" field regardless of the user input.  

I apologize if I am not being very clear, this is my first rodeo.  

[Preston5FCD]

Thanks for your time NesaNurani!  Try67 got it figured out for me!

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Try this:

if (event.target.value == "no" && app.alert("my message",2,2)==4)

this.getField("my text").setFocus();

[Preston5FCD]

That worked like a charm.  May I ask what the && does?

[try67]

It's the logical operator AND.

[Preston5FCD]

If I could bother you for one more thing, is it possible to have some checkboxes become visible should the user select no to the above referenced app alert?

[try67]

Yes:

if (event.target.value == "no") {
	if (app.alert("my message",2,2)==4) {
		this.getField("my text").setFocus();
	} else {
		this.getField("Checkbox1").display=display.visible;
	}
}

However, this does not turn it back to hidden if something else is selected... So you might want to add this line somewhere (depending on how it should work):

this.getField("Checkbox1").display=display.hidden;