6 Replies Latest reply: May 24, 2012 11:32 AM by GKaiseril

Simplified field notation not working

WillCD May 23, 2012 7:26 AM

My text fields are all titled with numbers, which I would argue is the best way to do it. (Especially for tab order and what we do.) Anyway, I absolutely cannot figure out how to do a simplified field notation (because I need subtraction) with my numbered text fields. Adobe is treating my text field names, which are numbers, as a simple mathematical formula, rather than calculating the value of that particular field. This is rather frustrating. Thoughts?

1. Re: Simplified field notation not working

Bernd Alheit May 23, 2012 9:03 AM (in response to WillCD)

Use field names like text01, text02, and so on.
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WillCD May 24, 2012 7:06 AM (in response to WillCD)

Thanks. I took the time to rename thousands of text fields and now I have a new problem. Can the field calclation not deal with dollar signs, or commas, or decimals? That seems elementary to me. It appears that if any of my fields involved in the calculation has a dollar sign, or a comma, or a decimal, the calculation doesn't know what to do. Thoughts?
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Bernd Alheit May 24, 2012 7:59 AM (in response to WillCD)

What did you use as type for the text fields.
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WillCD May 24, 2012 8:50 AM (in response to Bernd Alheit)

They are all text fields. Not sure what you mean by type. (I'm a noob.) When I right-click and go to properties, the format is None.
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Bernd Alheit May 24, 2012 9:03 AM (in response to WillCD)

Try the format (type) Number.
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GKaiseril May 24, 2012 11:32 AM (in response to WillCD)

You have to select the format of "Number" and then you can select the currency symbol to display. The value of the field will only be the numeric value without the currency symbol. Having a field value with any symbol other than a number, coma, decimal, +, or - will cause the field to be considered a text string field and not a number field.

You have to use a non-numeric value for the start of a field name because the simplified field notation uses the non-numeric value to detect a field and not a numeric constant or operative symbol (+, -, *, /). You can also not call any function, use any field property or use any field method in the simplified field notation.
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