well, i want to use option buttons.  so, i put the same script on each button?  in the what, mouse down event? 

with a plain checkbox i had script in the textbox that needed filling, in the custom calculation script, and it worked.  i cannot seem to get any code attached to the option button to work.

the check boxes are actually radio buttons that i made look like check boxes.  yes, they are mutually exclusive.  the group of 3 have the same name, but different values.

so, do i put the script on the mouseup event of the group, or of each one?  and what exactly would that script look like?  here is what i have (i am a long time programmer, but very new to Java)...

if (this.getField("OwnerSameAs")== 1) {

(this.getField("OwnerName").value)==(this.getField("RiderName").value)

}

OwnerSameAs is the name of the group of 3 check boxes.

i must be doing something really nuts!!  and btw, i do appreciate the help!  THANK YOU!!!

i have this on each button, so maybe i am not handling the buttons correctly?  their "values" are 1,2,3.  I suppose i could have yes, no, yes, or something like that.  it is random when they are created, i just made them each something that made sense to me.  since it is on the actual boxes, i have tried both this.getField("OwnerSameAs"), and event.targetValue, and event.rawValue.  nothing happens.

if (this.getField("OwnerSameAs")== "1")

{

(this.getField("OwnerName").value)=(this.getField("RiderName").value);

}

else if (this.getField("OwnerSameAs")== "2")

{

(this.getField("OwnerName").value)=(this.getField("TrainerName").value );

}

else if (this.getField("OwnerSameAs")== "3")

{

(this.getField("OwnerName").value)=(this.getField("CoachName").value);

}

oh, sorry!!  i wasn't paying close enough attention!!

thank you!!  that works!!! 

if i may be so bold, can you see why it says "unterminated string literal 6 at line 7 on this code? which is the "OwnerOtherPh" line?  am i doing too much? or are you not supposed to have ";" at the end of each line?

if (this.getField("OwnerSameAs").value=="1")

{

this.getField("OwnerName").value=this.getField("RiderName").value;

this.getField("OwnerAddress").value=this.getField("RiderAddress").valu e;

this.getField("OwnerCityStZip").value=this.getField("RiderCityStZip"). value;

this.getField("OwnerCell").value=this.getField("RiderCell”).value;

this.getField("OwnerOtherPh").value=this.getField("RiderOtherPh").valu e;

this.getField("OwnerEmail").value=this.getField("RiderEmail").value;

this.getField("OwnerUSEF").value=this.getField("RiderUSEF").value;

this.getField("OwnerUSDF").value=this.getField("RiderUSDF").value;

}

else if (this.getField("OwnerSameAs").value=="2")

{

this.getField("OwnerName").value=this.getField("TrainerName").value;

this.getField("OwnerAddress").value=this.getField("TrainerAddress").va lue;

this.getField("OwnerCityStZip").value=this.getField("TrainerCityStZip" ).value;

this.getField("OwnerCell").value=this.getField("TrainerCell”).value;

this.getField("OwnerOtherPh").value=this.getField("TrainerOtherPh").va lue;

this.getField("OwnerEmail").value=this.getField("TrainerEmail").value;

this.getField("OwnerUSEF").value=this.getField("TrainerUSEF").value;

}

else if (this.getField("OwnerSameAs").value=="3")

{

this.getField("OwnerName").value=this.getField("CoachName").value;

this.getField("OwnerAddress").value=this.getField("CoachAddress").valu e;

this.getField("OwnerCityStZip").value=this.getField("CoachCityStZip"). value;

this.getField("OwnerCell").value=this.getField("CoachCell”).value;

this.getField("OwnerOtherPh").value=this.getField("CoachOtherPh").valu e;

this.getField("OwnerEmail").value=this.getField("CoachEmail").value;

this.getField("OwnerUSEF").value=this.getField("CoachUSEF").value;

}