Trying to add an additional field to compare to in an if statement

[Sturmrider]

Hi all,

I am trying to get a field to compare 2 fields to get a final value. Here is the start of the if statement. I am probably missing a ) somewhere, but not sure where.

if(this.getField("Ability").value == "Wisdom")&&("JOT").value != "Off"{
event.value = WisMod + ProBonus;}

This line is where I am getting my error. The rest has been working. I tried adding this line, but it says I have an error in it.

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Larry

[try67]

You need to use the same structure you did for the Ability field, like this:

if (this.getField("Ability").valueAsString == "Wisdom" && this.getField("JOT").valueAsString != "Off") {
	event.value = Number(this.getField("WisMod").valueAsString) + Number(this.getField("ProBonus").valueAsString);
}

[Sturmrider]

I may have something wrong, but the idea here is if the Ability text field returns Wisdom and the JOT checkbox is not checked then the event value of the field I'm in which is a number is equal to the WisMod number + the ProBonus number else it will be equal to:

the WisMod number + the ProBonus number + the jotvalue Number.

I have all the number defined as variables. in the beginning of the scriipt.

Thank you for your quick reply.

[try67]

Try this, then:

if (this.getField("Ability").valueAsString == "Wisdom" && this.getField("JOT").valueAsString == "Off") {
event.value = WisMod + ProBonus;
} else event.value = WisMod + ProBonus + jotvalue;

[Sturmrider]

Thought it would work for other field as well, but I am doing something wrong. Here is the full script:

var StrMod = Number(this.getField("StrMod").value);

var ProBonus = Number(this.getField("ProBonus").value);

var jotvalue = Number(this.getField("jotvalue").value);

if(this.getField("AthleticsPro").value != "Off" && this.getField("AthleticsExp").value == "Off"){
event.value = StrMod + ProBonus;}

else

if(this.getField("AthleticsPro").value != "On" && this.getField("AthleticsExp").value == "On"){
event.value = StrMod + (ProBonus * 2);}

else

if(this.getField("JOT").value != "Off"){
event.value = StrMod + jotvalue;}

else
event.value = StrMod;

Thank you for your help. The On statement isn't working I have changed both to == as well and it still fails. Not sure what it is.

Regards,

Larry

[Nesa Nurani · Accepted solution]

Off,  is default value for when checkbox is not checked (I don't belive you can change that), but you can change export value when checkbox is checked (default is 'Yes'), so if you want to use "On" you need to go to checkbox properties -> options tab -> and set export value to On.

[try67]

Instead of !="On" use =="Off" because as was mentioned correctly above, the default on-value of fields created in Acrobat is "Yes", but the default off-value is "Off", for some reason. The former can be changed, but the latter can't.

[Sturmrider]

Thank you the explanation on the fields state helped me figure out what I was doing wrong. I was able to work out the statements I needed then to make the script work.