Changing background color error

[GeneveveX]

I am having trouble with a code I wrote for a form. It is working, however, it throws an error message and I don't understand why.

My field's default background fill color is set to white. Here is my code:

//Create a variable

var backgroundfilling;

//Subtract items to get the value of the field

this.rawValue = Num.rawValue - (Sub.rawValue);

if (this.rawValue < 0) {

    backgroundfilling = "231,179,173"; //Set the color to red if value is less than zero

}

else {

    backgroundfilling = "255,255,255"; //Set the color back to white if value is zero or greater

}

answer.fillColor = backgroundfilling; //Set the background color

Everytime I open or preview the form now, it gives an error that says: "Illegal value: cannot assign '255,255,255' to xfa[0].form[0].Page1[0].GeneralInput[0].answer[0].#value[0].#float[0]."

What??? Why is it throwing this error?

[SaketSidana]

You need to use it this way: this.fillColor = ("255","255","255");

Modify your script in the foll. manner:

if (this.rawValue < 0) {

    this.fillColor= ("231","179","173"); //Set the color to red if value is less than zero

}

else {

    this.fillColor = ("255","255","255"); //Set the color back to white if value is zero or greater

}

Hope this is useful.

[GeneveveX]

I made that change to my code. It isn't throwing the error anymore, but it's also not working at all now.

The field is now defaulted red, and it has a static value of 255 - it's not changing the value when I enter numbers into the other fields like it should.

Here is my code now:

//Subtract items to get the value of the field

this.rawValue = Num.rawValue - (Sub.rawValue);

if (this.rawValue < 0) {

    this.fillColor = ("231","179","173"); //Set the color to red if value is less than zero

}

else {

    this.fillColor = ("255","255","255"); //Set the color back to white if value is zero or greater

}

If I change it to this format: this.fillColor = ("231,179,173"); then the field starts working again, but it also throws the error again.

It's so weird. It's like the program doesn't know that fillColor is supposed to have three values?

[SaketSidana]

Is it that you want to use a color by getting the RGB values from some other fields?

[Vjay_Reddy · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Keep below script on the result text field on calculate event language Javascript.

//Subtract items to get the value of the field

var result = Num.rawValue - (Sub.rawValue);

if (result < 0) {

    this.border.fill.color.value = "231,179,173"; //Set the color to red if value is less than zero

}

else {

    this.border.fill.color.value = "255,255,255"; //Set the color back to white if value is zero or greater

}

this.rawValue = result;

Hope this works ..

Vjay

[GeneveveX]

No.

You input values into two other fields. The third field subtracts those values. If the result is a positive number, it simply displays the number. If the result is negative, it displays the number AND shades the background of the field a red color.

[GeneveveX]

That was perfect! Thanks so much!