Referencing subform instances in a dynamic pdf form

[Former Community Member]

Hi all. No doubt this question will be pretty easy for experiences javascript programmers. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them and it is driving me nuts.



I have developed a survey for a client that gathers both quantitative and qualitative data. In one section of the survey I ask users to check all the checkboxes that apply. For each checkbox that is checked I generate a two textboxes (embeded in a subform) to gather some qualitative data. I am able to pass the number of the checkbox marked to the first checkboxes. However, I'm having problems deleting the appropriate subform is the client changes their mind and unchecks a checkbox. Essentially, the code only deletes the first instance, which is okay if only one checkbox was checked but problemative otherwise. I need to delete only the instance that pertains to the checkbox that was unchecked.



I would appreciate any help people can provide. I am attaching my code below.



Thanks,

Cristian



Check = 7 ; // value passed to recCheck textbox.

if (Rec7.rawValue == true) // if checkbox 7 is checked

{

Question2._Desc.addInstance(); // create new instance of subform Desc located in subform Question2

}

else if (Rec7.rawValue == false) // if checkbox 7 is not checked

{

for (i = 0; i <= 12; i++) // loop through all 13 checkboxes

{

if (WeeklyActivityLog[0].Question2[0].Desc[0].recCheck[0].rawValue == 7) // THIS CODE IS WRONG

{

Question2._Desc.removeInstance(i) ; // delete subform instance

break ; // exit for loop

}

}



}

[Former Community Member]

Cristian,

Can you please post the structure of your form so I can get an idea of how it's laid out?

Something like this:



- BodyPage1

- Subform (Desc)

- Checkbox (recCheck)

- Subform (SF2)

- Checkbox (Rec7)



This will help me understand what you're trying to accomplish.



--

Justin Klei

Cardinal Solutions Group

www.cardinalsolutions.com

[Former Community Member]

Justin,



I didn't check the forum in the past few days, so this is my first opportunity to respond. I've made some changes since I last posted. At the bottom is the current structure. I was able to devise a solution that works with IF-THEN statements. However, this required 30+ lines of code for each checkbox. I am certain that this could have been done more efficiently using a FOR loop. However, I did not know how to reference the subform instance.



Right now, I have a more critical problem that I am trying to deal with. I can't figure out how to bind the controls to a backend database create with MS Access. I followed the instructions but the data did not appear to save in the database. If anyone could help, I would be very grateful. There is nothing confidential, so I would not mind emailing the Acrobat form and Access database to anyone that would be interested in glancing at it. I doubt the solution is complicated, but I can't figure it out. I just need to understand how to do it for a few fields, particularly for the repeating fields in the subform, and I can process the rest myself.



Best regards,

Cristian Gugiu



WeeklyActivityLog

-Page(Question1)

-Text(Question1)

-Group(Checkboxes)

-Rec1

.

.

.

-Rec12

-Rec99

-Page(Question2)

-Text(Question)

-Subform(Desc)

-Text(recCheck)

-Text(recDescription)