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Change textfield background color based on checkbox status.

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Can someone point me to the right place or describe for me how to cause the background of a text field to change color based on the status of a check box? Also, is it possible to cause the background to flash, say alternating colors to draw attention to the fact that this field needs filling?



Thanks so much.



Stan
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Group,



I found solution from one of the sample pdfs posted here. The sample works, but when I transfer the code to my document, it does not. Can someone tell me what is wrong with this code?



if (CheckBox1.rawValue == false)

TextField1.presence = "hidden";

else

TextField1.presence = "visible";



I want the field to stay hidden until the user checks the checkbox at which time the text field is made visible. I haved added this code in the click section of the checkbox as a js. I have even tried to duplicate on a blank form with only a single box and a single text field. No luck. What am I missing?



Thanks!



Stan

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Hi everyone,

Apologies for hte stupid newbie question, but here goes.

I am doing my first form in Adobe Acrobat. Designing in LifeCycle. At some point when i first started I was given an option as to what colour the Text field would be, and I chose red (options were blue, green, and I think white or beige). Half way through my form, this looks terrible and I want to change, but don't know how. Can not seem to find an option to change this. Can someone point me in the right direction?


Thanks

Bernie

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Field Background change options are under "Border" pallet. You can make this visible just by using Shift+F8 and then look for "Background Fill".

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Thanks for that, but I am referring to something different.

There is no colour when in the design phase, and the Background fill says "none". It is when I convert it (or preview) to a PDF, that the areas you can type in are a light red colour. I am trying to make this white or neutral, even after converting.

Hoping you can help.

Thanks

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check if you have turned on Highlight fields or Required Fields at the application level. If you still can not figure out I like to take look at your form, email me your copy at n_varma(AT)lycos.com

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Hi,

Try this code on initialize of check box at runtime

if (checkbox1.rawValue = 1){

textfield1.border.fill.color.value = "255,0,0";

}

Thanks

Shan

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I have a form with [checkbox 1] and [text field 1]

[text field 2] [text field 3] [text field 4] [text field 5].

I would like for text fields 2-5 to change to green when someone checks [check box1] or hovers over [text field 1].

I'm having trouble with the script on this. Can you help?

Thanks!