Adobe PDFs and Javascript

[mtorbin]

Hey all,

To keep from repeating myself, here is a link to the question at the Adobe Forums:

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@251.xs7TcD9bG8e.1009385@.3bb496c7/5

The question still remains, can this be done? Is it possible?

- MT

Matt Torbin
Web and Graphic Arts Engineer
PEI-Genesis

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[mtorbin]

Oops... guess that didn't work. Here is the recreated conversation:

Hey all,

I'm in the process of constructing a PDF Form. I would like to do the following:
[ol]
[li]A user clicks on RADIO BUTTON A.
[li]CHECKBOX B becomes selected.
[/ol]
Now, this is very easy to do in HTML/Javascript where the browser DOM is layed out. However, I don't know the DOM for the PDF document. Does anyone have any suggestions about this?

Thanks,

- MT

Controlling one field from an event in another is certainly possible with Acrobat JavaScript, but your description of what you want to happen isn't clear to me.

George

Maybe this will make it easier. When the mouseUp action takes place on the CHECKBOX, the following JS is run:

[tt]var mounting = this.getField("accessories.1");

if (mounting.isBoxChecked(0)) {
// the radio button is selected
app.alert("You have chosen the right mounting clip.");
}

else {
// the radio button is not selected.
app.alert("This mounting clip will not work. Use this one instead.");
// PUT ACTION HERE TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE RADIO BUTTON
}
[/tt]

I don't think that there is any way to set the 'state' of a radio button.

- MT

Hopefully this will help.

- MT

Matt Torbin
Web and Graphic Arts Engineer
PEI-Genesis

http://www.peigenesis.com

aim: dgtlby
direct email: mtorbin_at_earthlink.net

 

[RocSky]

I don't think that there is any way to set the 'state' of a radio button.

There is another way to set the "state", use tab and blank key on the keyboard.

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