Adobe LiveCycle (Archived)

Syrax12 · 12/18/12

Is there anything similar to styles in LiveCycle? I get sooooo tired of having to style fields and text everytime I make one!

TundraSteve · 12/18/12

Create a custom object with your styling and use that instead of the default or http://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/10.0/DesignerHelp/WS3041177a02dcf48e-73e95de512b59f5a8db-8000....

Josh_Geurian · 12/18/12

Steve, I really hate to second guess a staff memeber with your experience, but are Style sheets in Livecycle ES2? I have ES2 installed and with the link you gave, the options are not there (or I am blind/dumb). I was under the impression this would be set with templates in ES2 and the styles were new to ES3?

radzmar · 12/18/12

It's generally possible to use styles in ES2, but you don't have an interface to create such styles (aka prototypes) as in ES3.

It's possible to create an interface using the macro API introduced with ES2.

I've created such macro to modify the look of fields and saving the results as prototypes within the template.

http://thelivecycle.blogspot.de/2011/06/field-designer-macro.html

The workflow isn't optimal in ES2 right now but I'm thinking of another macro for the furture that makes it easier.

For now you can use the macro to create a prototype object in the template.

Then you have to assign the ref property with a clunky som expression to this prototype to each object, that should use the prototype.

This means a lot of copy'n paste in the XML source.

Anyway, the effect is great and your're able to minize the form size rapidly.

Josh_Geurian · 12/18/12

Radzmar: you are a king amoung men....Wonderful suggestion and I have a few projects this will work wonders on.

And just as a side note: I have used a ton of your stuff in my own professional work. Just wanted to take a second to say thanks for making me look good.