Creating an interactive PDF with a shopping cart style interface...?

Just asked this question over in the InDesign forum but figured this might be a good place as well:
I need to create an interactive PDF in which the user can check a box next to a thumbnail image and a sum total at the bottom of the page is updated.  All or none or just some of the boxes would need to be checked.
Is this possible with Acrobat Pro?

Okay, figuring this out.  Doesn't look like I need javascripting.  But wow, getting into Acrobat to create stuff for the first time is actually painful.
For instance, no matter if I use the Add Text Box tool at the top menu....or the Add or Edit Text Box tool in the Content menu, neither one will actually give me that much needed calculate field.  ????  wow.
I actually grabbed a PDF example off the net showing exactly what I want to do, but the problem is that when I cut and paste the sum text box, it comes in at a 90deg angle to what I need, lol.  Now I'm trying to figure out exactly how to ROTATE a simple text box.
*exasperated*
EDIT:  Ahh, rotation dialog in the properties.  Grr.  It's odd that the cursor doesn't also offer a 'rotate' option.....like InDesign and every other Adobe product. heh.

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