Check All Box with on a Adobe 8.0 pdf form

[kcdoell]

The only way that I can get the checkbox to have a check is to click on it manually.

[acoder]

So you have two problems. What I suggest is try getting a checkbox checked using JavaScript first and then worry about getting it to work on clicking a button.

Also try an alert popup to test that you can run code when a button is clicked.

[kcdoell]

CheckBox Select All

Hello:

I am a Newbie at JavaScript so please be patient and kind. I am currently creating a form using Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0.

On my form I have a section that displays 50 check boxes representing 50 states in the USA. On my form it is reasonable that a end user could select some or all of the states. To that end, I want to have a checkbox or button that will select and deselect all of the State checkboxes. So far I have added a button called "Select All" and on the click event I wrote the following script:

[CODE=javascript]xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AL.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AK.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AR.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AZ.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_CA.rawValu e=1
[/CODE]
etc.....

As you can see I have named my checkboxes CKSS_AL, CKSS_AK,,,etc…. .CKSS_WY.

This works, but I am thinking that there must be a more efficient way of writing this code. So with that said I took an idea to build an array:

[CODE=javascript]var stateArray = new Array("AL", "AK", "AR");
for ( var state in stateArray )
{
var oField = xfa.resolveNode ("xfa.topmostSu bform.Page2.CKS S_" + stateArray[state]);
oField.rawValue = 1;
}
[/CODE]
I only did the array for the first 3 states/checkboxes. Then I copied it into the click event of my "SelectAll" button. I received the following error:

oField has no properties
5:XFA:topmostSu bform[0]:Page2[0]:SelectAll[0]:click
oField has no properties
5:XFA:topmostSu bform[0]:Page2[0]:SelectAll[0]:click

Any ideas what I am missing? I have no idea what these error messages mean to solve....

Thanks,

Keith.

[hsriat]

Hello:

I am a Newbie at JavaScript so please be patient and kind. I am currently creating a form using Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0.

On my form I have a section that displays 50 check boxes representing 50 states in the USA. On my form it is reasonable that a end user could select some or all of the states. To that end, I want to have a checkbox or button that will select and deselect all of the State checkboxes. So far I have added a button called "Select All" and on the click event I wrote the following script:

xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AL.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AK.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AR.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AZ.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_CA.rawValu e=1

etc.....

As you can see I have named my checkboxes CKSS_AL, CKSS_AK,,,etc…. .CKSS_WY.

This works, but I am thinking that there must be a more efficient way of writing this code. So with that said I took an idea to build an array:

var stateArray = new Array("AL", "AK", "AR");
for ( var state in stateArray )
{
var oField = xfa.resolveNode ("xfa.topmostSu bform.Page2.CKS S_" + stateArray[state]);
oField.rawValue = 1;
}

I only did the array for the first 3 states/checkboxes. Then I copied it into the click event of my "SelectAll" button. I received the following error:

oField has no properties
5:XFA:topmostSu bform[0]:Page2[0]:SelectAll[0]:click
oField has no properties
5:XFA:topmostSu bform[0]:Page2[0]:SelectAll[0]:click

Any ideas what I am missing? I have no idea what these error messages mean to solve....

Thanks,

Keith.

you may use this instead
[html]<input name="all" type="checkbox" onclick="checkA ll()"></input>[/html]
[CODE=javascript]
function checkAll() {
for (var i=0; i<document.form Name.elements.l ength; i++) {
var e=document.form Name.elements[i];
if ((e.name != 'all') && (e.type=='check box'))
e.checked=docum ent.formName.al l.checked;
}
}[/CODE]

[kcdoell]

Thanks but when I pasted the script into my click event and then went to the preview mode and click on the select all button nothing happen.

[CODE=javascript]function checkAll() {
for (var i=0; i<document.form Name.elements.l ength; i++) {
var e=document.form Name.elements[i];
if ((e.name != 'all') && (e.type=='check box'))
e.checked=docum ent.formName.al l.checked;
}
}
[/CODE]
I know that the Adobe liveCycle designer has different JavaScript commands than previous versions. Could that be the issue?

[kcdoell]

Okay; to my button called "Select All" on the click event I wrote the following script:

[CODE=javascript]xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AL.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AK.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AR.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_AZ.rawValu e=1
xfa.form.topmos tSubform.Page2. CKSS_CA.rawValu e=1
[/CODE]
etc.....

As you can see I have named my checkboxes CKSS_AL, CKSS_AK,,,etc…. .CKSS_WY.

This works, but as I mentioned earlier, I am thinking that there must be a more efficient way of writing this code. So with that said I took an idea to build an array:

[CODE=javascript]var stateArray = new Array("AL", "AK", "AR");
for ( var state in stateArray )
{
var oField = xfa.resolveNode ("xfa.topmostSu bform.Page2.CKS S_" + stateArray[state]);
oField.rawValue = 1;
}
[/CODE]
I only did the array for the first 3 states/checkboxes. Then I copied it into the click event of my "SelectAll" button. I received the following error:

oField has no properties
5:XFA:topmostSu bform[0]:Page2[0]:SelectAll[0]:click
oField has no properties
5:XFA:topmostSu bform[0]:Page2[0]:SelectAll[0]:click

Any ideas what I am missing? I have no idea what these error messages mean to solve....

Thanks,

Keith.

[kcdoell]

Got some help and finally got this one solved:

[CODE=javascript]var stateArray = new Array("AL", "AK", "AR");
for ( var state in stateArray )
{
var oField = xfa.resolveNode ("xfa.form.topm ostSubform.Page 2.CKSS_" + stateArray[state]);
oField.rawValue = 1;
}
[/CODE]
Keith.

[kcdoell]

Got some help from another friend and finally got this one solved:

[CODE=javascript]var stateArray = new Array("AL", "AK", "AR");
for ( var state in stateArray )
{
var oField = xfa.resolveNode ("xfa.form.topm ostSubform.Page 2.CKSS_" + stateArray[state]);
oField.rawValue = 1;
}
[/CODE]
Keith.

[hsriat]

Got some help from another friend and finally got this one solved:

var stateArray = new Array("AL", "AK", "AR");
for ( var state in stateArray )
{
var oField = xfa.resolveNode ("xfa.form.topm ostSubform.Page 2.CKSS_" + stateArray[state]);
oField.rawValue = 1;
}

Keith.

Buddy, you got to change the document and formName to the ones used by you.
I dunno about Adobe thing, I never used it.

[acoder]

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[acoder]

Got some help and finally got this one solved:

Maybe I'm missing something, but how is this different from what you posted before?

PS. merged duplicate threads.

[kcdoell]

Maybe I'm missing something, but how is this different from what you posted before?

PS. merged duplicate threads.

Acoder:

My JavaScript before was the following:

[code=javascript]
var stateArray = new Array("AL", "AK", "AR");
for ( var state in stateArray )
{
var oField = xfa.resolveNode ("xfa.topmostSu bform.Page2.CKS S_" + stateArray[state]);
oField.rawValue = 1;
}
[/code]

all that was missing was a the word "form."

The end solutions was the following:

[code=javascript]
var stateArray = new Array("AL", "AK", "AR");
for ( var state in stateArray )
{
var oField = xfa.resolveNode ("xfa.form.topm ostSubform.Page 2.CKSS_" + stateArray[state]);
oField.rawValue = 1;
}
[/code]

Take care,

Like I had mentioned before, my knowledge on Javascript is limited but it appears that the problem was path related.

Keith.

[acoder]

all that was missing was a the word "form."

Oh right, so it was. Thanks for posting and glad you got it working.

JavaScript on Adobe PDF can be difficult if you're used to the normal standard JavaScript.