Creating 3-D arrays in LiveCycle Designer

Hi All,
I would like to know how to declare 3-D arrays using JavaScript in Adobe LiveCycle Designer ver 8.
Explanation with a small example would be helpful.
Regards,
Prashant

Hi Muhammad,
I am not sure about availability of bookmarks in LiveCycle Designer 7.1. But you have setFocus method available in designer. This method you can use to set the cursor position.
Syntax for this method is:
xfa.host.setFocus("xfa[0].form[0].form1[0].#subform[2].TextField2[0]");
Regards,
Amit

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