Making a field mandatory based on values in a drop down

Hi,
I am new to Javascripting on the Adobe Designer and we have a requirement to make a text field mandatory based on one of the values selected in a drop down list on the same form.
When I say mandatory I mean we need to prevent the form from being Saved if this text field is not filled - specifically when a value (say "Promotion") is selected on a drop down.
Please help me with the events under which the script needs to be placed and the scripting commands.
Thank you!
Neera

Hi,
You can put PPR event on EMAIL field. Catch that event in PFR and put your logic there like:
if EMAIL is not null then make FORMAT field mandatory (for that u can catch that in PR)
--Sushant

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So I have a simple number field and a text drop-down box (with, let's say, the values "Blue", "Red" and "Green".)
I want to set a minimum and maximum (say between 5 and 20) value on the number field and send an error if the user enters a number outside of that range. BUT the range can be different depending on if the user selects Blue, Red or Green from the drop-down menu.
So for Blue, the range might be 5-20; for Red 7-22, and Green 10-25.
SO if the user chooses Blue then enters a 4 or a 21, he'll get an error message prompting him to specifiy a value that is from 5-20.
That's it, in a nutshell.
Any help I could get would be awesome. Thanks in advance.
Thanks,
T.

There are several events to consider here:
1. The drop-down value is changed without any values in the text field
2. The drop-down value is changed with a value in the text field
3. The value of the text field is changed (I'm assuming there's no "blank" value in the drop-down, or there will be another event, where the value of the text field is changed when the "blank" option is selected)
You need to decide how to treat each event. I would recommend resetting the text field each time the value of the drop-down is changed. Otherwise you will need to perform the validation from two different sources.
To do that add the following code to the drop-down's custom validation script (replace "Text1" with the actual field's name):
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Making a DFF field mandatory based on another field

Hello All,
We have a requirement where in we need to make a DFF field mandatory based on another field.
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If 'Email' is selected in 'Field1' then Field2 should become mandatory.
Any inputs on this will be really helpful.
Thanks & Regards,
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hi kumar3a,
recently, i spent considerable amount of time wracking my brain on a similar problem. the nearest i came to a solution was when i used a forms personalisation. mind you, forms personalisation will not work directly on the DFF window, so it has to be approached in a roundabout sort of way.
i got this information from an Oracle Support personnel - MOS Note 1078348.1.
i would start with the flexfield segment as "not required", and then using Forms Personalization, i would make it "required". i would try to figure out how to establish a condition where the previous 'required' flexfield segment's value is checked to see if this 'not required' segment needs to be made 'required'. in theory, this should solve the issue. i gave up on it because the forms personalisation would need to cover WHEN-VALIDATE trigger event, and we had close to 100 validations going on through other preexisting forms personalisations, which rendered it near impossible to employ this method.
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How to get value in Second Drop Down based on selection made in first dropd

Hi All,
I have a table with first two columns as dropdown.
The values in first drop down are fixed. However the value in second dropdown should be populated based on selection made in first .
e.g
First Column had different departments say IT, SALES, HR.
Based on department selected I have to populate employee of that department.
For first dropdown I have taken Drop down by index.
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Use drop down by key for fixed values IT, SALES, HR. create on_select action for that drop down.
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DATA lo_el_segment1 TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_element.
DATA ls_segment1 TYPE wd_this->Element_segment1.
data lt_segment1 type wd_this->elements_segment1.
DATA lv_segment TYPE wd_this->Element_segment1-segment.
data lr_column type ref to cl_wd_table_column.
navigate from <CONTEXT> to <SEGMENT1> via lead selection
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IMPORTING
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We have a requirement in which for a drop down - Transaction type (Activities), the value should be defaulted to 'Visit' and the Activity Category should be 'Sales Visit'. I tried debugging the code and got the piece of code where this value is referred, but i'm unable to find out the location where this value is picked from. Also while opening up the properties corresponding to this, there is a default value tab in the properties pane. I tried by giving this default value, but didn't work. When I'm trying to revert the changes i've made in the property, it is showing up an error.
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Hi Rasmi,
You can default the process type field of BOACTIVITY by different ways-
1.In BOL, business object BOACTIVITY loaded event, check the parameter bIsNew and then default the value of process type if you want it only for new activities.
Other attributes currently get defaulted in the attributechanged event of BOACTIVITY where field is processtype.So if processtype is defaulted it will try to default other attributes based on that.It will pick values from the customizing maintained in SPRO->CRM->Transactions->Basic Settings->Define Transaction Type->Customizing Header.
2.You can also do defaulting in the UI.If you want to default one field based on a value selected for drop down, then write the code in the onselected2 event of the drop down.
In your specific case, best way is to use option 1.
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Show/hide fields when selecting an option from a drop-down menu.

Hello Gurus!
I have a question about creating a Java Script withing Acrobat pro. This is what i would like to do: I created a drop-down menu with several selection entries. Upon the customer making one of the selection entries, i would like for the correct fields that i created to become visible and all other fields to hide. Is this even possible to do? The reasoning behind this is because we have a form that customers have to generate in order to request access to certain financial accounts; we have over 20 different types of accounts and for each instance the customer has to fill out the same form. By creating a drop down menu, i can use the same form by just changing the drop-down selection and clicking on the designated fields for that selection. At this time i have over 20 different forms that poing to 20 different account requests and i would hate to send the form 20 different times to one person. The reason i can not add all fields desired for all accounts is due to the fact that the form would be filled with hundreds of checkmarks and instructions thus making the process too tideous for the customer. Hope you guys can help out.
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The good news is, it can be done (and it has been done).
There are a few things to be aware of, however.
The most important is that the form must be planned well, which means that you must think carefully about your logic and even more so about your field naming (hierarchical field names are your friend). One fundamental issue, you have to be aware of, is that this form no longer will be a "standard form". The consequence of this is that you may have to be aware that you might get into trouble when you have to prove that your user filled out that particular standard form (talk to your compliance and forms management people about that).
You also may have to decide whether the form should be usable in Reader. And, if so, how much you want to spend on the right to do so. You will see below why…
There are actually two approaches for dynamically showing/hiding parts of a form. If your form can be separated between a fixed first page (where you also have the account type selection), and a variable part (depending on the selection), you could use Templates, which you spawn according to the selection, and delete pages when you change the selection. This approach is very easy to implement, but requires Reader Extensions Server to allow it to work in Reader; Acrobat Pro's extended rights are not sufficient for that.
The other approach is showing/hiding fields. If you did your homework well, it would be very easy to first hide all subsequent fields, and then show the ones you need in two lines of code. This approach does not require extended rights for Reader at all, as long as your forms will always have the same number of pages, for each of your account types. This approach also works for the cases where the differences between the individual forms are very small. It does also work for showing/hiding bigger chunks of the form. In that case, you might create the "background" separately, and then put it as an icon into a button field which you will show/hide together with the carefully placed on top of it active fill-out fields.
There is a third possibility, which Adobe Propaganda probably would suggest, and that woudl be subforms in LiveCycle Designer. The consequence is, however, that you won't have PDF forms, but proprietary XFA forms instead. And you may have more developing and maintenance work than with the other approaches.
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