3 Check boxes but only one can be checked at a time.

[Former Community Member]

Scripting noob needs help figuring out how to make 3 check boxes of which only one can be checked at a time. E.G. Credit card type:



[x]Visa [ ]M.C. [ ]Disc.



I could also use ideas how to make a "save a copy" button or a way to make sure the form can be filled out but only a copy can be saved and the original cannot be overwritten.



TIA

[Former Community Member]

Hi chad,

If you want to make an exclusion group, you could just use radio buttons rather than scripting checkboxes. Only one radio button of a group can be selected.

If you want to use checkboxes anyway, here's the script:



if (this.rawValue == 1) { //this stands for current checkbox

formname.subformname.FirstCheckBoxName.rawValue = 0 // clear checkbox

}

if (this.rawValue == 1) { //this stands for current checkbox

formname.subformname.SecondCheckBoxName.rawValue = 0 // clear checkbox

}

This script would be placed in the click event of the 3rd checkbox, with JavaScript selected as the language.



As for saving a copy, you'll first have to enable saving with either Acrobat 8 or with ReaderExtension software for Designer forms so that Reader users can save a copy.



Regards,

Dave

[Former Community Member]

I'm fairly new as well. I want to have users choose up to three selections from a check box list of eight. Any help in how to do this would be much appreciated. Thanks, Sare.

[Former Community Member]

You could add the raw values together and make them all read only if the total of the raw values reaches 3, then provide a reset button to uncheck all the check boxes and make them active again. It's not the most elegant solution, but it would work.