Vlookup similar function

Question

I feel a bit heretic bringing VLOOKUP to the topic but there is an issue I'd like to bring forward to you.
In short is the following
1) User inputs Rates to Employee and must bring the lookup value
Scenario:Budget
Version...Ver1
Period: ..BegBalance
Year: ....FY11
Center: Administration
................................................Accounts.....................
..........................................Rate........Lookup value to calculate
Position 120.Employee 1 .......12.00.............D
Position 130.Employee 2 .......13.00.............E
Position 140.Employee 3 .........9.00.............C
Position 150.Employee 4 .........8.00.............B
2) User maintains Rates and Lookup values in a separate "dummy members table".
Scenario:No Scenario
Version...No Version
Period: ..BegBalance
Year: ....No Year
Center: No Center
Position: No Position
..............................Accounts.....................
.............AnnivRate........Lookup value........
Rate 1 ......5.00...........A
Rate 2 ......7.00...........B
Rate 3 ......9.00...........C
Rate 4 .....11.00...........D
Rate 5 .....13.00...........E
Assumptions:
- Rates are in a different branch of the same Employee Dimension (..and perhaps this is wrong)
- If the input rate is between two rates it should take the smaller value.
- The list of Rates is extensive around 50 members
Tried the following...
VAR BaseRate = 0;
VAR lastIncrRate = 0;
VAR counter = 0;
FIX ("No Entity", "BegBalance")
FIX ([Scenario], [Version], [Year], [Center])
"AnnivRate"(
lastIncrRate = "Rate";
/* Lookup in Rates table */
FIX (@DESCENDANTS("Rates"), "No Position", "No Center" )
"AnnivRate"
BaseRate = "AnnivRate";
/* Compare between Rates */
IF (lastIncrDate > BaseRate)
counter = 0;
ELSE
counter = counter + 1;
IF (counter == 1)
Ratecalc = "AnnPeriod";
ENDIF
/* Trying to store the correct value in a temporal value */
ENDIF
ENDFIX
/* Trying to assign the value to the employee position combination*/
"Anniv_Period"
IF ("Headcount." >= 1)
"Lookup value to calculate" == Ratecalc;
ENDIF
ENDFIX
ENDFIX
- The control flow may be wrong, I wish something like in visual basic i.e: FOR Employees.... FOR Rates... NEXT Rates... NEXT Employee (still heretic :-) )
- Any clue is welcome, thanks again!

Answer 1

Acrobat Pro 8 - ok.
However, it still comes back to George's question.
Are you going to use the "traditional" Acrobat forms (aka 'acroforms') or,
LiveCycle Designer?
With the install of your release of Acrobat 'acroforms' capability is, of course, part of the package.
However, a second & independent application, LiveCycle Designer, is also installed.
It is integrated with and accessed through Acrobat.
As the scripting associated with the two, discrete form creation methods are not the same
the 'how-to' George alludes to is predicated on which one you are going to use.
Be well...