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krystelb4408933 · 8/14/15

How do I pre populate a text field based off a drop down menu selection? Drop down selection is yes or no and the text field needs to be pre populated based off the selection.

Magus069 · 8/14/15

Hi there,

So if I understand well, you want to populate the text field's value with yes or no depending the selected value?

You can use this to transfer value to the text field in the calculate event of the text field...

If you want to populate another value than yes or no

Hope this help!

krystelb4408933 · 8/14/15

No. Based on the drop down selection of yes or no I need the text field to populate either sub-receipient or contractor.

Magus069 · 8/14/15

Use the calculate event of the textfield to populate the field, and make sure you have the right reference_syntax to access to your dropdownlist

krystelb4408933 · 8/14/15

Thank you.

Do you know why I'm getting a error that says:

Syntax Error: invalid label

1: at line 2

krystelb4408933 · 8/14/15

What does right reference_syntax to access to your dropdownlist mean?

Magus069 · 8/14/15

the reference_syntax is the path to access to your drop down list

in the example above, to be able to access to DropDownList1 from an event of TextField1, you must specify its path because it is not in the same "parent node / child node" of TextField1

so from any event in TextField1, to access DropDownList1, I must use the reference_syntax below:

krystelb4408933 · 8/14/15

Is there a way for me to send you my form so you can tell me if I'm able to get to the reference syntax? Because I'm not seeing the screen shot you sent me anywhere on my form.