Set value on field from another Page

[Gerben_van_Erke]

Hi there,

I'm still a bit new to this, thanks to the forums I've managed to learn a lot. But I've encountered another difficulty.I

I've created a form in LiveCycle with two pages. On page 1 the costs are calculated by multiplying field1*field2 and adding the value of another one. I've managed to accomplish that with the following code:

this.rawValue=(Field1.rawValue*Field2.rawValue)+Field3.rawValue

Like I said, that seems to work.

On Page 2 I have a dropdown with five different options. In the Object > Value tab I checked Specify Item Values but didn't change a thing. So the option value go from 1 to 5.

When option 5 is checked I want to set a value for a field which is located in Page 1. I've tried this with the following script:

if (this.rawValue = 5){

     Page1.positionedSubform.Field3.rawValue = 149;

}else{    

     Page1.positionedSubform.Field3.rawValue = 0;

}

I'm now scripter at all, but this seems to work in a way. Except not the one I want :-).

When I preview the PDF it auto sets the value of Field3 and the dropdown field to 149.

I would like to set Field3 on Page1 to 0 default (as is entered in the Object > Value tab of Field 3) and set it to 149 when option with the value of 5 is chosen in the dropdown on Page2.

Any ideas?

(Sorry for the bad explanation, not sure how to explain it better though)

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Hi,

When testing in an if/else statement you need to use a double equal sign. I would also test against a string value, within quotation marks:

if (this.rawValue == "5") {
     // Your script here...
}

Hope that helps,

Niall

[Gerben_van_Erke]

Allright, when I change my code with the one above it auto sets Field 3 to 0. But the dropdown box also shows a 0 :S.

[Niall_O_Donovan · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Have you used the calculate event in the dropdown?. If so move the script to the exit event of the dropdown.

Niall

[Gerben_van_Erke]

YES! That was it :-). Thanks again, that part is working smoothly right now. Pretty proud of it too, since I didn't know about scripting at all