How to show/hide form fields list with a specific string in the field name

[Rabin J]

How can I find & show/hide form fields with a specific strings start with "List1_", "List2_" in the field name and make them hidden until triggered.

I need the regular expression format to find the form fields name start with "List1".

Example

this.getField("List1_Oldfactory").display = display.hidden;
this.getField("List1_Optical").display = display.hidden;
this.getField("List1_Glosso").display = display.hidden;
this.getField("List1_Trigeminal").display = display.hidden;

Need to convert something like,

this.getField("List1_"+(/\s/g)).display = display.hidden;

but got error in condole as,

TypeError: this.getField(...) is null 1:Field:Mouse Up

[John T Smith]

Please post the exact name of the Adobe program you use so a Moderator may move this message to that forum

[Nancy OShea]

[Moderator moved to Coding Corner.]

[Rabin J]

I am adding this script into Acrobat PDF, if possible please move to Acrobat.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can do it like this:

for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {
	var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
	if (f==null) continue;
	if (/^List1/.test(f.name)) f.display = display.hidden;
}

[Rabin J]

Thanks for the script... It helps a lot!