Script Message on a form due to a large amount of conditions

When I try to access my form, I am getting a pop up message that reads:

A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete.

Script: http://max.jotfor.ms/static/jotform.forms.js?3.2.3519:296

I can either click on "Continue" or "Stop Script".

I know that my form is very complex with many conditions and I didn't start noticing this message until after I had input a lot of conditions.  But is there a way to stop this message from appearing?

Thanks,

Alissa Kline

Hi @townpark,

I was trying to check your conditions on the Pool Pass Package and I think you need to rewrite your conditions. Trying to view them from here, I also experienced your problem.

That window popping up is a Javascript program taking too long to complete and has timed out that's why it's displaying the message.

I don't really know much right now why your conditions are what they are at the moment, from the screenshot I took below, as a programmer I believe your IF conditions are redundant.

Why not just make it simple like:

IF Pool Pass Package Is Equal To "Adult Pass ($55)" --> then do something

It's a one statement but it's very clear instruction. But again, you may have a purpose on why they were written the way they were so it would be appreciated if you can explain.

Sure.  It is a bit complicated because of the pricing structure of the pool passes.  I basically created a condition that listed ALL the options of the pricing where only one of them was equal to that option to show the correct parts of the form.

The reason it's complex is because users can mix and match the 1st 3 parts of the pricing between Adult, Child and Senior Passes, but if they choose more than 2 passes from this part of the pricing, their option should be a Family of THREE.

Here is an example:

If Pool Pass is not equal to ADULT, and

If Pool Pass is not equal to CHILD, and

If Pool Pass is not equal to SENIOR, and

If Pool Pass is EQUAL to Family of Three, then

      SHOW 3 names and 3 ages and the rest of the form so that it can be completed.

Reasoning behind listing ALL The pricing as NOT EQUAL to is so that they can't choose Family of THREE AND Family of FOUR at the same time.  Because Adult, Child and Senior are a mix and match, this was the best way I could come up with doing this where the user wouldn't make a mistake and choose more than one or the wrong combination.

Hope this makes sense?

Thanks,

Alissa

Hi Alissa,

I guess the best way to do this is instead of having checkboxes for all your Family of XXX package, why not use radio buttons for them. In this way, you can only choose 1 and not multiple.

Checkboxes are meant for multiple selections while radio buttons are meant for 1 selection only. So I can only choose one at a time for your Family of XXX.

I hope this helps.

Yes, I understand that, but then we will have to add the following options:

1 Adult Pass

1 Child Pass

1 Senior Pass

2 Adult Passes

2 Child Passes

2 Senior Passes

1 Adult Pass and 1 Child Pass

1 Adult Pass and 1 Senior Pass

1 Child Pass and 1 Senior Pass

as well as the six different family packages....

I was trying to avoid a long list of options...

Are you saying that there are no other options?

Thanks,

Alissa Kline

Hi Alissa,

The Adult, Child, and Senior passes will be checkboxes while the family packages will be radio boxes as I understand that only 1 family package can be selected. From there, it should be easier to implement conditions as the IF statements would surely be lessen.

Let me know if I am make sense and understood your problem correctly or I need to take a closer look at your form. I would be happy to help.

Cheers.

Hi Alissa,

The Adult, Child, and Senior passes will be checkboxes while the family packages will be radio boxes as I understand that only 1 family package can be selected. From there, it should be easier to implement conditions as the IF statements would surely be lessen.

Let me know if I am make sense and understood your problem correctly or I need to take a closer look at your form. I would be happy to help.

Cheers.

How can you do that with a PayPal integration?  I didn't think you could mix up radio buttons with check boxes?

Thanks,

Alissa

Yeah, I just realized Paypal Integration does not let you decide which button to use. Sorry about that.

I will try to optimize your conditions instead to avoid the Javascript error. I'll let you know whenever I'm able to optimize your form.

cheers!

Great!  Thank you so much!  If there is something that I can do from my end, can you please let me know so that I can be a better user of the system?  Or if it's only from you end, then I really appreciate your help!

Thanks,

Alissa Kline

You might also try a different way to calculate the payment total. This is possible to use calculations based on a user selection (using Text Boxes, Check Boxes, Radio Buttons and Drop Downs) to calculate the Total, and then forward it to the PayPal custom amount field.

Please take a look at the following tutorials:

How to pass a calculation to a payment field

This way, you will have more control over the form ordering options and conditions. If you need any further assistance on this, please let us know.

I have actually done that in another form.  But then wouldn't I be in the same situation with some options being a mix and other options not?  Would I have to make the conditions all over again?  Is there a widget that can allow a mix and match of options?

Thanks again,

Alissa

I do not think that we have any widget for this, but you can have a different setup with the custom calculations.

For example, you can use different fields for different 'product items', so it will lead you to simple conditions:

If item1 selected
Show fields for item1

If item2 selected
Show fields for item2

If item3 selected
show fields for item3

Your current conditional setup is quite complicated, so it is hard to troubleshoot it in a fair amount of time.

In case you need some example on the calculations topic, we can try to provide you with some sample.

Thank you so much!  I worked on it this weekend and I got the form down to 26 conditions and it is running a lot faster with no Script error messages...

Thanks again for you help!

Alissa Kline

Thanks for letting us know about that and we're glad to hear it's running better now. ;0)