Hi,The answer is:     DropDownList1.validate.nullTest = "error";Works for any field, dropdown or radio button group.Good luck,Stephen

Hi,All the sounds you hear using LiveCycle created forms are sounds generated by your operating system--not PDFcreated and therefore not controlled by the authoring software. The sounds can be changed in the Windows Control Panel -- System Sounds. There are no other ways to overcome this that I am a...

Hi,The beep you hear is specific to your particular computer setup--not LC Designer. Different users may hear different sounds, or no sound at all, depending on their "Sound" setup in their operating system.Hope this helps.Stephen

You can use a relative-SOM or an absolute SOMThe Script Editor makes it easy by letting you CTRL (relative SOM) or CTRL + Shift (absolute SOM) and click on the object you are referring to. First put the cursor in the Script Editor where your script is. Then, while the cursor is blinking ready for yo...

Hi,You can assign or check the value of a field's caption by using:    SOM.caption.value.text.valueif (TextField1.caption.value.text.value == "Text Field1"){app.alert("Hello World");}That means you can assign the caption to a variable.In some cases you will need to use the resolveNode() method as is...

Thanks Niall,I produce very complex forms that get used frequently--often multiple times in day-- by a limited number of users. These folks might want to keep the form open, rather than close and re-open the form in order to use it again. These forms resemble an application. Like the application MS ...

Wow, you have some good suggestions--but not the right answer. Here's the deaL you want to reset the form back to its original state--not just clear the fields. This was a source of frustration for me until I figured it out.Decide on the trigger (i.e. click, exit, whatever, doesn't matter) and use t...

Easy--in the Object Pallet, Field Tab, check the box that says "Allow Custom Text Entry"I hope this helps,Stephen

Hint: You can rename multiple like objects (multiple rows or multiple checkboxes, etc) by highlighting them in the Hiearchy Pallet and changing the name in the Binding tab of the Object Pallet--change them all at once.

You must be using formCalc and the rows must be reNamed so that LCD shows them as Row[0], Row[1], Row[3] ... etc. in the Hiearchy tabI am a little confused by the subform residing within a table row--although it is possible to do this. So, I assume that this is correct. One good way to make sure you...