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Kenn You've got me there - I've never used a list box before. I did notice, however, that the Acrobat Help File (page 150) says that a list box should be no longer than 50 items so I don't know if it will work for you. I still think you should create a page that doesn't print that lists these 400+ options as check boxes. That would be easy to do, I think. A check box has an export value that works (my test showed the list box exports nothing if more than one option is selected), so you would just write a script that would scan through those 400+ fields, take what it finds and paste it into another field(s) on the actual printing page. That method, I imagine, would also save a world of headache next time you have to change this list. Anyway, that's my two cents. Sorry I can't be of more help with the List Box. Maybe one of the gurus would be of more assistance. Mark -----Original Message----- From: kc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 17, 2004 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PDF-Forms] Multiple Selection Question PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Mark Your solution makes sense, but as you noted it would involve 2 pages. I think I am just going to use a list and cinch it up in size so only a few of the choices show at a time. That will give the users a vertical scroll bar to to navigate to and make their other selections. I still need to display those selections to the end user of the form, and am using this on the selection change tab of the list field. var f1 = this.getField("txt_dmm"); f1.value = event.change; With the above code, it puts one one of the selections in a text field, but not all of them. Ideally I'd like to separate out the selections into three different text boxes anyway. Is there a way for me to tell it to put the first selection in txt_dmm, and if there is a second selection put it in txt_dmm_2, and if a third selection put it in txt_dmm_3? Kenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauterbach.Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:54 AM Subject: RE: [PDF-Forms] Multiple Selection Question PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Just my opinion - but I think 426 choices would justify it's own page (that doesn't print, perhaps) with check boxes. Then write a script that takes the info from that page and populates your list. Not an elegant work-around, I admit, but it should work and maybe even be a little more user-friendly than scrolling through hundreds of options in a single field. Mark -----Original Message----- From: kc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 17, 2004 12:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PDF-Forms] Multiple Selection Question PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Hello All I've run in to a limitation in Acrobat that has me stumped, and I was hoping someone has seen this before and may have some ideas on a work-around. I have a form that uses a combo box field to allow users to make a single selection from 426 choices. The requirement for this field has changed. Now the users must be able to select multiple items (probably no more than 3) from the list of 426 choices. I can change the combo box to a list box, which offers the multiple item selection capability, but the physical length of the list on the form makes this solution prohibitive. Any suggestions on how you may have solved theis problem, or ideas you have would be appreciated. As I said, I am stumped - I don't see how to get around this limitation in Acrobat. Thanks in advance.for your time To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html
