Check Box Styles

[Former Community Member]

How can I change the style of the Check box? Not the box itself, but change the X to an actual check mark?

[Former Community Member]

Here's some script that can do it, put it in the doc:ready event of the check box.



var oDoc = event.target;

var f = oDoc.getField("form1[0].Page1[0].CheckBox1[0]");

f.style = style.ch;



You'll need to change the string passed into getField() to be the proper SOM expression for your checkbox.



Chris

Adobe Enterprise Developer Support

[Former Community Member]

Thank you Chris for your quick response. I got the check mark to come up, but there is an error associated with it.



Error Message:

Script failed (language is javascript; context is xfa[0].form[0].TopmostSubform[0].MainContent[0].CheckBox3[0]) script=var oDoc=event.target; var f=oDoc.getField("TopmostSubform[0].MainContent[0].CheckBox3[0]"); fstyle=style.ch;



The check mark is appearing, so I don't know what this error is about. Any thoughts?

[Former Community Member]

No idea, the script looks good and I tried it here and it worked fine with no errors. Plus the fact that it works despite the error message is weird. What version of Acrobat/Reader are you using, I'll try it in that. I tried it in Acrobat 7.0.7.



Chris

Adobe Enterprise Developer Support

[Former Community Member]

Hi

I too have this requirement of displaying "tick" instead of a "cross" inside the check box.

It is working well with the codes until there is a dynamic codes being executed.(Setting a subform page previously hidden back to visible)

The previous "tick" check box will change back to a "cross".

I tried placing the codes in different event but the same thing still happened.

Anybody encountered this before?

Thanks

[Former Community Member]

NEED SCRIPT HELP-CHKBX STYLE



Hello!



I am desparately trying to find out how the change the style of the checkboxes [STYLE & COLOR] ...While in Acrobat 7. there is no problem - there's a selection - how annoying.



Anyway I followed what Chris had posted...my problem is



1:that I don't work with scripting all that often and am not sure where to enter the script.



2: I'm not sure what to enter regarding: "You'll need to change the string passed into getField() to be the proper SOM expression for your checkbox"



This is where I am:



----- F.P1.CheckBox1::docReady - (JavaScript, client) ----------------------------------------------



var oDoc = event.target;

var f = oDoc.getField("form1[0].Page1[0].CheckBox1[0]");

f.style = style.ch

- (JavaScript, client) ----------------------------------------------



I am in the process of developing my forms skills and this has just been driving me crazy!!



Thank you for any help anyone could provide.



Ruthann