Form change

Question

Hello ,
         I am new to Adobe forms and Java. We have an existing adobe form built using live cycle designer. It has a section as a drop down ( for note types) under which it shows the different notes attached to a document. We would want to default it to a particular type of note ( as default ). This might be very easy to do, but can someone point me how to proceed?

Answer 1

If I add the default, will it reflect , which text is shown below?. This is the code for that drop down. How do i add default texttype here.
// If this object exists, then we are not being rendered by the XML Form Agent
if ((Exists(xfa.host.appType)) and ($.bind.ref <> "")) then
     // Note the rawValue and try to set the selection if it is present
     // As soon as you add items the rawValue will be lost
     var CurrValue = ""
     //  Check for a null - an empty XML node will return a null
     if ($.rawValue <> null) then
          CurrValue = $.rawValue
     endif
     var Found = 0
     // the data binding may contain "$data.<root data name>" instead of $record
     var DataBinding = replace($.bind.ref,Concat("$data.",xfa.record.name),"$record")
     DataBinding = replace(DataBinding,"[*]")
     if (Exists(xfa.record.enum_list)) then
          for i=0 upto xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.length - 1 step 1 do
               // Find the match.  The binding value may contain "[*]"
               // so remove them first
               var ListBinding = replace(xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).binding.value,"[*]")
               if (DataBinding == ListBinding) then
                    // the first two items are the name and binding attributes, then the list starts
                    if (xfa.host.version < 7) then  // add a dummy item to work around a bug in A6
                         $.addItem("a","-1")
                    endif
                    $.clearItems()
                    for j=2 upto xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.length - 1 step 2 do
                         // The order is assumed to be display and then data
                         // if the value is null, then add the empty string
                         if (xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j+1).value == null) then
                              $.addItem(xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j).value,"")
                         else
                              $.addItem(xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j).value,xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j+1).value)
                         endif
                         if (xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j+1).value == CurrValue) then
                              Found = 1
                         endif
                         if ((xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j+1).value == null) and (CurrValue == "")) then
                              Found = 1
                         endif
                    endfor
                    // Now set the selection - omitting this step means there will be no selection
                    // if there is only one item in the list and no default value, we have to select the first item - Bug in Acrobat 6.02 (fixed in Acrobat 7)
                    if ((xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.length <= 4) and (CurrValue == "") and (xfa.host.version < 7)) then
                         $.rawValue = xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(3).value
                    else
                         // if available, set the selection to the default value
                         if (Found) then
                              $.rawValue = CurrValue
                         else
                              // otherwise: set the selection to the first item
                              $.rawValue = xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(3).value
                         endif
                    endif
                    // END OF DO NOT MODIFY
                    // START OF CODE - TO RUN AFTER LIST HAS BEEN FILLED
                    // END OF CODE - TO RUN AFTER LIST HAS BEEN FILLED
                    break
               endif
          endfor
     endif
endif