Please help opening pdf file from dropdown or listbox

Question

Have looked through most of the forums, don't think i missed the answer but here goes
I have a form that includes 4 dropdown catagories; i am trying to have it so that when the friendly text is select from the dropdown it opens a new pdf file with the requested info.
New to designer, in the past i would rely on bookmarks, so what can i do
Thanks

Answer 1

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> Have looked through most of the forums, don't think i missed the answer but here goes
> I have a form that includes 4 dropdown catagories; i am trying to have it so that when the friendly text is select from the dropdown it opens a new pdf file with the requested info.
> New to designer, in the past i would rely on bookmarks, so what can i do
>
> Thanks
Here's a detailed explanation:
- Create a dropdown list with your 4 categories as the text values
- Go to the binding tab and check the checkbox that says "Specify Item
Values". You will see your four categories and they each will have been
assigned a number (0, 1, 2, 3). Change these number values to be the
URL to the PDF that you want each category to be associated with.
- Add a 'change' event to your dropdown list. Select Javascript as the
scripting language. Put the following code in your change event:
var selectedText = xfa.event.newText;
var redirectURL = this.boundItem(selectedText);
xfa.host.gotoURL(redirectURL);
Hope this helps!
Justin Klei
Cardinal Solutions Group
www.cardinalsolutions.com