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Using variables in calculations and scripts

After you have created form variables, you only need to reference the variable name in your calculations and scripts in order to obtain the value of the variable.

Caution:

When naming variables, you should avoid using names that are identical to the names of any XML Form Object Model properties, methods, or object names. For information about XML Form Object Model properties, methods, and objects, see Scripting Reference.

For example, create the following form variable definitions.

 

Variable name	Value
firstName	Tony
lastName	Blue
age	32

In FormCalc, you can access the variable values in the same manner that you access field and object values. In this example, the values are assigned to three separate fields:

TextField1 = firstName

TextField2 = lastName

NumericField1 = age

You can also use variables in FormCalc functions in the same way, as shown in this example:

Concat( “Dear “, firstName, lastName )

In JavaScript, you reference variable values by using the .value property instead of the .rawValue property that is used for field and object values, as shown in this example:

TextField1.rawValue = firstName.value;

See also 

About variables

Naming variables

To define a text variable

To view a text variable definition

To delete a text variable

Using variables in calculations and scripts