Help with causing text fields to appear with Check boxes

[Hugh_Graham1]

I'm new to LCD (V 8.2), and need some help setting code to cause one of three user-selected check boxes to make a text field appear. That text field should disappear if that specifc box is deselected.

Thank you in advance,

HDG

[legallogic-DqvA]

Hi Hugh,

I know how you feel - Livecycle is great, but can be daunting.

There are two main things you need to keep in mind i guess:

(a) text field need to be put into subforms for the show/hide thing to work

(b) rawValue and the click event

I've attached an example of what I think you are trying to do, it should provide some assistance.

I have put three demo text boxes into three subforms and labeled each subform with an easy name - subformA, subformB, subformC  

I then set the initilize presence of each subform to "hidden" -- do that by clicking on the subform - not the textbox and going to the script editor - chose javascript and the initalize event from the menu - then enter this.presence = "hidden";

for each checkbox 

then select the checkboxes one at a time and set their "click" events in the script editor ( i've used javascript) and set the function using

if (this.rawValue == "1")

subformC.presence = "visible";

else subformC.presence = "hidden";

this code allows show/hide from the checkbox - you can have text shown for each checkbox at the same time with this

if you want only one textbox at all - ie mutually exclusive and tick untick let us know...............

hope thats of some help to you - the demo file should give you a good place to start from

good luck

[Hugh_Graham1]

Thanks for the response! I'll follow your lead and let you know if I'm successful. BTW- I did not receive the attachment.

Hugh Graham

314-894-6492

[legallogic-DqvA]

HI Hugh

You will need t download the attachment from the forum directly - it is now

online

I suggest you do, I put it together to demonstrate the behavior your after -

ie it should hopefully help

good luck

[legallogic-DqvA]

so with the form example given JAVASCRIPT -- SET SCRIPTING LANGUAGE --code

for the droplist would look like

"

switch (this.rawValue)

{

case "1":

subformA.presence = "visible";

subformB.presence = "hidden";

subformC.presence = "hidden";

break;

case "2":

subformA.presence = "hidden";

subformB.presence = "visible";

subformC.presence = "hidden";

break;

case "3":

subformA.presence = "hidden";

subformB.presence = "hidden";

subformC.presence = "visible";

break;

}

"

regards

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Legal Logic Limited <

[legallogic-DqvA]

Oops - sorry that was a code example for another user i was helping got my

mail backwards -- sorry

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Legal Logic Limited <

[legallogic-DqvA]

To Tom,

this sample works with a dropdown list

[ktgeorge6]

Thanks Greg,

I will give it a try. I may be back for some more help if I can't figure it out.

Tom