Adobe 62000236 Extended User Guide - Page 211

USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED 205 Forms Actions tab for form field properties Actions properties specify any actions that you want to associate with the form field, such as jumping to a specific page or playing a media clip. The Actions tab appears for all types of form fields and includes the following options: Select Trigger Specifies the user action that initiates an action: Mouse Up, Mouse Down, Mouse Enter, Mouse Exit, On Focus, or On Blur. Select Action Specifies the event that occurs when the user triggers the action: Execute A Menu Item, Go To A 3D/Multimedia View, Go To A Page View; Import Form Data, Multimedia Operation (Acrobat 9 and later), Open A File, Open A Web Link, Play A Sound, Play Media (Acrobat 5 Compatible), Play Media (Acrobat 6 And Later Compatible), Read An Article, Reset A Form, Run A JavaScript, Set Layer Visibility, Show/Hide A Field, and Submit A Form. Add Opens a window for the selected action. Actions Displays the list of triggers and actions that you've defined. Up and down buttons Change the order in which the selected action appears listed under the trigger. (Available only when you have defined multiple actions for the same trigger.) Edit Opens a dialog box with specific options for the selected action. Delete Removes the selected action or trigger-action pair. Calculate tab for form field properties The Calculate tab appears in the Properties dialog boxes for only text fields and combo boxes. Use these options to perform mathematical operations on existing form field entries and display the result. Value Is Not Calculated Select this if you want the user to type. Value Is The Select this to make further options available: • Pop-up menu Lists the mathematical functions to apply to the selected fields. Choose Sum to add the values entered in the selected fields, Product to multiply them, Average, Minimum, or Maximum. • Pick Opens a dialog box with a list of the available fields in the form that you select to add or deselect to remove from the calculation. Simplified Field Notation Uses JavaScript with field names and simple arithmetic signs. The Edit button opens a dialog box in which you can write, edit, and add scripts. Custom Calculation Script Displays any custom scripts you have added for calculations. The Edit button opens a dialog box in which you can write and add new JavaScripts. Set the calculation order of form fields When you define two or more calculations in a form, the order in which they are carried out is the order in which you defined the calculations. In some cases, you may need to modify the calculation order to obtain correct results. For example, if you wanted to use the result obtained from calculating two form fields to calculate the value of a third form field, the first two form fields must be calculated together first to obtain the correct final results. 1 Choose Forms > Edit Fields > Set Field Calculation Order. The Calculate Fields dialog box displays all calculable fields in your form and the order in which the calculations are performed. 2 To change the field calculation order, select the field from the list, and then click the Up or Down button as needed. Last updated 9/30/2011