Field type % - I want to have a filler be required to enter in a %

[Former Community Member]

or if they enter in a decimal it to display as a percent. if they put in 7.125 then it would display after enter...7.125%.

[_Bruce_Robertson · Accepted solution]

You should be able to use a display pattern to do this, something like;

num{zzzz9.999'%'}

(If you don't put the percentage sign in quotes then value will be multipled by 100.

Bruce

[Former Community Member]

Thank You. what are the zzzzzzzzz for?

is there an source to find script for things like this and other functions that are not readily availalbe within LIveCycle?

[_Bruce_Robertson]

The 'z' omits any leading zeroes, the '9' displays the digit even if zero and anything in quotes is treated as a literal.

The picture clauses are described in the XFA Specification, http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/xml/index_arch.html

[Former Community Member]

thanks again. any ideas where to learn more about this type of code? or are these scripts?

[_Bruce_Robertson]

Look in chapter 26 "Picture Clause Specification" of the document at the link in my previous response.  There's lots of examples and clearly discribed.