Acrobat Xi Pro: Checking Status Of A Checkbox To Affect Calculation

I'm trying to add calculations to a form someone else created, and I'm a little stuck on the JS. One set of fields has two possible calculations depending on whether the associated

Solution 1:

It might be useful to have a closer look at the Acrobat Javascript documentation, which is part of the Acrobat SDK, downloadable from the Adobe website.

A checkbox has a return value; that is the field value when it is checked. When it is not checked, its value is always "Off".

The simplest way to test for a (single) checkbox would look like this:

if (this.getField("myCheckBox").value != "Off") { 
   // the box is checked // do what should be done when the box is checked 
} else { 
   // the box is not checked // do what should be done when the box is not checked 
}

In many cases, a smart choice of the return value of the check box can simplify calculations.