If you are going to set another field's value from a combo box or list you need to use some form a scripting.

You may need to provide the optional "format" value for the various date fields to get this to work.CurrentDate - DateTime field, FormCalc calculation script: num2date(Date(), "MMM DD, YYYY") Date1 - Text field, FormCalc calculation script: Num2Date( Date2Num(CurrentDate.formattedValue, "MMM DD, YYY...

You should do a new post and not hihack an exisiting post.You might find this calculation easier in FormCalc. There is a Time2Num() function that will convert a time stirng, that is a alphanumeric string and not a number string, to the number of milliseconds since LiveCycle Designer's Epoch date. Wi...

With version 8 it is possible to connect to a Database by ADBC, but it will require a registry change. The other option, is create all the pages without form field in Acrobat and then import the PDF into LiveCycle Designer and then add the fields.The design problem has existed since Acrobat version ...

You can use the format string in the "Num2Date()" function or the 'util.printd()" method to get the day of the week.For FormCalc:// get the number of days from the Epoch datevar nFrEpoch = Date2Num("27 August 2008", "DD MMMM YYYY")// long day of weekNum2Date( nFrEpoch, "EEEE")// short day of weekNum...

Use the following JavaScript for the calculation script for DateField1:var AddDays = 0;// select action on value of DropList1 to set days to addswitch(DropDownList1.formattedValue) {case "1":AddDays = 1;break;case "2":case "4":AddDays = 2;break;case "3":AddDays = 3;break;case "5":case "7":AddDays = ...

In LiveCycle Designer one can call the FormCalc functions in JavaScript just like you are accessing the fields and their properties similar to FormCalc. This maybe easier than some fo the JavaScript procedures.JavaScript using the year, month, and date not the milliseconds:// get current date time o...

Look at using the "Date2Num()" and the "Num2Date()" functions to convert the string date value to the number of days from the Epoch date, do the math, and then convert back to date string. More information is in LiveCycle Designer's "Scripting Reference" under the "Help" menu option.

The date and time fields are string fields and not numeric fields because they contain the colon character and the optional meridian value. The date and time fields also do not add decimal numbers, they tend to be circular or get to a certain value and cycle back to 1. So one can not just add the fi...

You are using FormCalc syntax. You have to get the FormCalc function name capitialized corretly. You may also have to provide the full accessor path information and resolve the "lesson[*}" reference or the property in JavaScript. You should also provide a target for result of the calculation.JavaSci...