Search only partial textField rawValue

[DKinsley]

My form has a textField that users enter part numbers separated by commas. I want to write an if statement that looks to see if one of the part numbers is included in the list. Is there a way to script to search for only part of a textField's rawValue or formattedValue?

So if the rawValue of textField1 is 1234, 4569, 3582

I want to be able to enter 4569 in textField2 (a different textField)  and click a button that runs a script to see if 4569 is included in the list of part numbers.

Is this possible?

Also: is it possible to send the comma separated part numbers to a list box?

I appreciate any help provided.

[radzmar · Accepted solution]

Here you go:

var aWords = TextField1.rawValue.split(","),
  cTest = this.rawValue,
  isIncluded = function (value) {
    return value.replace(/\s/g, "") == this.testValue.replace(/\s/g, "");
  },
  toTest = {
    testValue : cTest
  },
  iCount = 0;
// Check all words against the entered value
if (aWords.some(isIncluded, toTest) === true) {
  iCount += 1;
}
// Show a message, if the word was found
if (iCount > 0) {
  xfa.host.messageBox("The word '" + cTest + "' is already included in the list.", "Match found.", 0, 0)
}

[DKinsley]

This script works great! Thank you

Is there a way to highlight the part number in the list that was found?

[mouslander]

I think highlighting the field would be really difficult to do. First the field would have to be set as rich text then you would need a method to change the fields color and background within that field. I guess you could grab the field data, and write it back out highlighting the string in question.

[DKinsley]

Thanks for your help.

[radzmar]

There is a nice sample from Bruce which shows how to update the contents of RichText fields.

Adobe LiveCycle Designer Cookbooks by BR001: Programmatically updating Rich Text (or xHTML)

[DKinsley]

The examples look very interesting. It will take some looking thru. Thank you for sending this information.

-Don