So I have a PDF doc that has 25 check boxes called "cb1" through "cb25". I would like to be able to count the number of boxes that are checked and put that count into a text box area called "Points".
I'm not very familiar with either JS or PDF form creation but from what I've been able to dig up I think I'm close to getting it to work.
I have added the following code to the document level:
function CountCheckBoxes(aFieldsNames) {
// count field names that have been selected
var count = 0;
// loop through array of field names
for (i = 0; i < aFieldNames.length; i++) {
// for field names with a value of not Off increment counter
if (this.getField(aFieldNames[i]).value != "Off") count++;
} // end loop of field names
// return count
return count;
} // end CountCheckBoxes
I've tried adding the following code text box properties to execute JS on mouse up and as a calculated value, neither of which seem to work to populate the text box with a count of checked boxes.
// var define field names to be tested
var aFields = new Array('cb1', 'cb2', 'cb3', 'cb4', 'cb5', 'cb6', 'cb7', 'cb8', 'cb9', 'cb10', 'cb11', 'cb12', 'cb13', 'cb14', 'cb14', 'cb15', 'cb16', 'cb17', 'cb18', 'cb19', 'cb20', 'cb21', 'cb22', 'cb23', 'cb24', 'cb25');
// count field names that have been selected
event.value = CountCheckBoxes(aFields);