How can I add a sub form when a check box or radio button is checked?

[Former Community Member]

I'm trying to make it so a sub form is added or removed depending on which radio button or check box is selected. I don't know how. Can someone help.

[Former Community Member]

I tried working with mouseUp event and it works but what I need to do is to be able to determine if a box is checked then one thing will happen or another will happen.

[Former Community Member]

Steven,



Check out:

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.3bbedb8b



You can check the value of the radio button or check box and place the code in for that.



Catherine

Adobe Systems

[Former Community Member]

Thanks for the lead. I tried looking this subject up yesterday with a search on this site but missed that one.



I had figured it out late yesterday and used the code in a calculate event but since looking at the topic you linked me to it seems better to use the change event.



I also needed to have the sub form hidden when the document is opened unless a particular radio button is selected. I put this in the initialize event and it seems to work great.



If you're still watching this one there is something else I can't figure out why it's not working.



I tried putting a button with an alert script that would get the value of a radio button list. So I put the following code in the click event of a button that resides in the same sub form as the radio button list.



var myVal = xfa.form.form1.MainPage.SecondSF.RadioButtonList.rawValue;

app.alert(myVal);



If no buttons are selected the the value us "" and if button 1 is selected then the value is "1" and so forth.



Well when I try to get the value of a radio button list in another subForm then it doesn't work.



var myVal = xfa.form.form1.MainPage.FirstSF.RadioButtonList.rawValue;



I'm not understanding what I'm doing wrong. Can you tell by the sample code what I need to do?

[Former Community Member]

Steven,



I don't see anything wrong with your code by inspection. Are you naming your variables differently (myVal1 and myVal2)?



Catherine

[Former Community Member]

Here is the exact code that I've finally ended up with that is not working.



var myRadioBtn = xfa.form.form1.MainPage.RadioButtonSF.RadioButtonList.rawValue;

app.alert(myRadioBtn);



The button that this is attached to is in another subForm called FirstSF. The alert comes up but with nothing in it. The radio RadioButtonList consists of a Yes and No button and the Yes button is selected.