ABSOLUTE amateur question

[woody]

I have never worked with java before and have what is turning into a huge
problem for me.

In Adobe Acrobat 6, I have 2 cells (A & B). I need cell C to subtract cell
A from cell B.

Acrobat has some built in scripts, but not one for subtraction.

Please help! Its making me crazy & I don't have time to learn a language
for something that should be so simple.

woodyj

 

[Randy Webb]

I have never worked with java before and have what is turning into a huge
problem for me.

In Adobe Acrobat 6, I have 2 cells (A & B). I need cell C to subtract cell
A from cell B.

C = B + (-1*A).

Acrobat has some built in scripts, but not one for subtraction.

Subtraction is nothing more than adding negative numbers. See above.

Please help! Its making me crazy & I don't have time to learn a language
for something that should be so simple.

One should always endeavor to learn whatever language it is they are
attempting to use.

 

[Evertjan.]

woody wrote on 10 okt 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

I have never worked with java before and have what is turning into a
huge problem for me.

Java and Javascript only have the name in common.

This NG is only about javascript, so you have to ask elswhere.

In Adobe Acrobat 6, I have 2 cells (A & B). I need cell C to subtract
cell A from cell B.

Acrobat has some built in scripts, but not one for subtraction.

Please help! Its making me crazy & I don't have time to learn a
language for something that should be so simple.

Usually in whatever language, it is something like:

result = B - A