How to calculate only after field change

[Rose5FAC]

I am running Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2020

I have a form with 5 fields A, B, C, D, E 

I want B to multiply what the user enters by 10 (B*10) in the Simplified field notation

I want E to sum up A,B,C and D (A+B+C+D) in the Simplified field notation

The problem is that B recalculates after each entry into other fields regardless of whether I Tab or Mouse Click.

Example: User enters

10 in A field => E = 10

10 in B field which calculates to 100 => E = 110 (so far so good)

10 in C field but now B has recalculated to 1,000 => E = 1,020 (not the desired result)

10 in D field but now B has recalculated again and  = 10,000 => E = 10,030 (not the desired result)

I only want B to calculate when I modify that field not when all the other fields are being modified.

How to I fix this?

[George_Johnson · Accepted solution]

Since a field's calculate event is triggered whenever any field value changes, you should not use it to change the value of field B. Instead, you can use a custom Validate script for field B that's something like:

// Custom Validate script for field B
if (event.value) event.value = +event.value * 10;

What this does is take the value that was entered into field B and multiplies it by ten, if it's not blank. It performs this calculation when the field value is committed, which happens when the user presses Enter, tabs away from the field, or clicks into another field, etc. The field should be set to a numeric format. Be sure to remove the simplified field notation calculation that you set up for field B.

[Rose5FAC]

That is exactly what I need. It works perfectly. Thanks 🙂