Dependent drop down list

Question

I hope I can explain this properly...
Lets say I have a drop down list in box "A"...I want a drop down list in box "B" to display options dependent on what is selected from Box "A".
e.g.
If box "A" is selected as "month"...I want box "B" to have pulldown options of "JAN, FEB, MAR" etc
if box "A" is selected as "year"...I want box "B" to give options as "2012, 2011, 2010" etc
I am using Livecycle Designer 8.0 if that matters...
Can someone provide guidance?
thanks so much in advance!
John

Answer 1

Hi John,
Just noticed Debadas posted a solution while a was checking mine works. Mine is basically the same (in the same event) but just wanted to point out that if you are targeting Reader 9 or later then you can use the setItems method which makes things a little easier, as you can load all the items in one hit (though maybe with an older version of Designer that wont work, but thought I might as well add my bit).
switch (DropDownA.rawValue)
    case "Month":
//      this.setItems("January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,Novemb er,December");
        this.clearItems();
        for (var i = 0, currentDate = new Date(2012,0,1); i < 12; i++, currentDate.setMonth(currentDate.getMonth() + 1))
            this.addItem(util.printd("MMMM", currentDate, true))
        break;
    case "Year":
        this.setItems("2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001");
        break;
Bruce