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Populate a list box with a combobox?

Acroforms - Javascript - Adobe Acrobat Pro v8.12

Hello all...

How can I use Acrobat javascript to populate a list box with the values from a combobox (each time values are added to the combobox)?

EXAMPLE:
Combobox1 Listbox1

one one
two two
three three
----------------------
-User Adds "four" to Combobox1

-Script clears and repopulates
Listbox1 with all values from
Combobox1

Combobox1 Listbox1

one one
two two
three three
[Added] four four

The insertItemAt method isn't really dynamic enough for my needs.

I placed the following Keyboard Script in Combobox2, to populate Textbox2 with the
selection from Combobox2:

var targ1=getField("Textbox2");
if(!event.willCommit){
targ1.value=event.change;
}

Can it be modified to populate Listbox1 with the Combobox1 values?

Thanks in advance.

Karl Heinz Kremer

Use something like this in the Validate event for your combo box:

var v = event.value;
var items = ["one", "two", "three"];
if (v != "one" && v != "two" && v != "three")
{
    items.push(v);
}
var l = this.getField("ListBox");
l.setItems(items);

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11/09/08 Sorry for the delay. Khkremer's solution worked. He is "The One".Award all 500 points.