HELP! Script to populate a text field based off of whats picked in a dropdown on a previous page?

Alright hopefully i can explain this good enough.
I have a dropdown box that has two different options to pick from. For example:
Dropdown1 has: Option A
Option B
On the other page I have two text fields. TextField1 just shows whatever is picked from the Dropdown1 (Option A or Option B). TextField2 needs to do the following: If Option A is picked i just need the field to stay blank. If Option B is picked i need it to populate specific text.
I thought i figured out a way to do this but it seems that since it is on a different page the script will not fire.
Any help is much appreciated!!!!!!

Hi,
With the first issue: having the dropdown and the first textfield displaying the same value, the easy solution is to use Global Binding.
Make sure that the dropdown and the first textfield have the same name in the hierarchy.
The select one of them and in the Object > Binding palette, set the binding to Global.
In the dropdown go to the Object > Binding palette and make sure that "Specify values" is NOT ticked.
It is probably a good idea to set the textfield to read only, in the Object > Value palette. This would prevent the user overwriting the value set by the dropdown.
No script required. Whatever is in the dropdpwn will appear in the textfield.
The second issue needs a small script in the calculate event of the second textfield. This looks at the value in the first textfield (TextField1) and sets its own value. This is JavaScript:
if (TextField1.rawValue == "Option B")
this.rawValue = "Specific text";
else
this.rawValue = null;
There are some examples here: http://assure.ly/jtTkdO, http://assure.ly/fYCuQ2.
Hope that helps,
Niall

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Greetings,
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For example, if the user selected "Hospital 1", the text field would display:
123 Main St
Anytown, CA 12345
Any help or examples you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

You have the element names within the object within brackets.
Make sure your brackets are properly placed and matched.
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"Bellevue Medical Center":{ line1: "2500 BMC Drive", line2: "Bellevue, NE 68123" },
"CHI Bergan Mercy":{ line1: "7500 Mercy Road", line2: "Omaha, NE 68124" },
"CHI Immanuel":{ line1: "6901 N. 72nd Street", line2: "Omaha, NE 68122" },
"CHI Lakeside":{ line1: "16901 Lakeside Hills Court", line2: "Omaha, NE 68130" },
"CHI Midlands":{ line1: "11111 S. 84th Street", line2: "Papillion, NE 68046" },
"Creighton University Medical Center":{ line1: "601 N. 30th Street", line2: "Omaha, NE 68131" },
"Nebraska Medical Center":{ line1: "4400 Emile Drive", line2: "Omaha, NE 68105" }
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Are you sure you have all the field names correctly spelled and capitalized?
Do you get any error in the JavaScript console?
Just trying the line that defines the "Location", I get the following error:
SyntaxError: invalid property id
1:Console:Exec
undefined
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It might help to have a link to the problem form.
Make sure your brackets are properly placed and matched.
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"CHI Immanuel":{ line1: "6901 N. 72nd Street", line2: "Omaha, NE 68122" },
"CHI Lakeside":{ line1: "16901 Lakeside Hills Court", line2: "Omaha, NE 68130" },
"CHI Midlands":{ line1: "11111 S. 84th Street", line2: "Papillion, NE 68046" },
"Creighton University Medical Center":{ line1: "601 N. 30th Street", line2: "Omaha, NE 68131" },
"Nebraska Medical Center":{ line1: "4400 Emile Drive", line2: "Omaha, NE 68105" }
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Gayathri Venugopal wrote:
Hi,
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