form change

[sujay_ranjan3]

Hello ,

I am new to Adobe forms and Java. We have an existing adobe form built using live cycle designer. It has a section as a drop down ( for note types) under which it shows the different notes attached to a document. We would want to default it to a particular type of note ( as default ). This might be very easy to do, but can someone point me how to proceed?

[Former Member]

Hi,

To make any particular value default in a drop down box, select the drop down field in life cycle designer,

you will get its properties in Object palette, under that, select Value tab -> Default drop down, and there you can select the value which you want to make it default.

• If you dont find object palette, from the menu bar of life cycle designer->Palette->select "object".

With Regards,

Ravi

[sujay_ranjan3]

If I add the default, will it reflect , which text is shown below?. This is the code for that drop down. How do i add default texttype here.

// If this object exists, then we are not being rendered by the XML Form Agent

if ((Exists(xfa.host.appType)) and ($.bind.ref <> "")) then

// Note the rawValue and try to set the selection if it is present

// As soon as you add items the rawValue will be lost

var CurrValue = ""

// Check for a null - an empty XML node will return a null

if ($.rawValue <> null) then

CurrValue = $.rawValue

endif

var Found = 0

// the data binding may contain "$data.<root data name>" instead of $record

var DataBinding = replace($.bind.ref,Concat("$data.",xfa.record.name),"$record")

DataBinding = replace(DataBinding,"[*]")

if (Exists(xfa.record.enum_list)) then

for i=0 upto xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.length - 1 step 1 do

// Find the match. The binding value may contain "[*]"

// so remove them first

var ListBinding = replace(xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).binding.value,"[*]")

if (DataBinding == ListBinding) then

// the first two items are the name and binding attributes, then the list starts

if (xfa.host.version < 7) then // add a dummy item to work around a bug in A6

$.addItem("a","-1")

endif

$.clearItems()

for j=2 upto xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.length - 1 step 2 do

// The order is assumed to be display and then data

// if the value is null, then add the empty string

if (xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j+1).value == null) then

$.addItem(xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j).value,"")

else

$.addItem(xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j).value,xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j+1).value)

endif

if (xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j+1).value == CurrValue) then

Found = 1

endif

if ((xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(j+1).value == null) and (CurrValue == "")) then

Found = 1

endif

endfor

// Now set the selection - omitting this step means there will be no selection

// if there is only one item in the list and no default value, we have to select the first item - Bug in Acrobat 6.02 (fixed in Acrobat 7)

if ((xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.length <= 4) and (CurrValue == "") and (xfa.host.version < 7)) then

$.rawValue = xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(3).value

else

// if available, set the selection to the default value

if (Found) then

$.rawValue = CurrValue

else

// otherwise: set the selection to the first item

$.rawValue = xfa.record.enum_list.nodes.item(i).nodes.item(3).value

endif

endif

// END OF DO NOT MODIFY

// START OF CODE - TO RUN AFTER LIST HAS BEEN FILLED

// END OF CODE - TO RUN AFTER LIST HAS BEEN FILLED

break

endif

endfor

endif

endif