Dynamic stamp scripting which worked in Acrobat 9 Pro not working in Acrobat XI Pro

I don't know JavaScript, so I am flying blind. I have recently updated to Acrobat XI Pro (on Win 7 Pro). I have had trouble setting up the same dynamic stamps that I had working in Acrobat 9. Just creating the stamps has been difficult, but the real pain has been trying to use the same scripting that I was using before. In particular, I have a field in which I want to enter details of a payment, such as cheque number. The script that worked before was:
var cAsk = "Enter Payment Details" ;
var cTitle = "Payment Details: ";
if(event.source.forReal && (event.source.stampName == "#X-MzCINchnGa7KblIGbv5C"))
var cMsg = app.response(cAsk, cTitle);
event.value = cMsg;
event.source.source.info.exhibit = cMsg;
The JavaScript debugger goes nuts about event.source being null and I am completely lost.
Can anyone suggest a script which is likely to work for me? Is there any tutorial or similar material dealing with these issues in Acrobat XI Pro and in language that I am likely to understand?
Thanks in advance.

Change the start of the if-statement to:
if (event.source && event.source.forReal && ...

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