Change borderColor fields in Array

Question

I would like to change the border color of all of the fields in a 60+ array of fields, dependent upon whether a button is hidden, without having to set each field border color one-by-one. Here is an example of how I have this set up, which is not working. How can I do this?

var btn = this.getField("btn.ABC");

var highlight = new Array()

highlight[0] = "chk.BP"

highlight[1] = "txt.CD.A.Line.01.b"

highlight[2] = "num.CD.BPAC.A.01"

highlight[3] = "num.CD.BPBC.A.01"

highlight[4] = "txt.CD.A.02"

highlight[5] = "num.CD.BPAC.A.02"

if(btn.hidden == true){highlight.borderColor = color.white}else {highlight.borderColor = color.black}

gkaiseril · Accepted Answer

That means one of your field names is incorrect.

On 2 August 2018 at 01:07, ddunn@davidsdunn.com <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

Within a script one can tell if the "getField" failed by checking to see if the returned variable of object the method is a null value or not. Since your array cells consist of the field object for each field, just use the cell's contents to access the field's value.

var btn = getField("btn.Defaults.Loan");

var highlight = new Array(

"chk.BP"

"txt.CD.A.Line.01.b"

"num.CD.BPAC.A.01",

"num.CD.BPBC.A.01",

"txt.CD.A.02"'

"num.CD.BPAC.A.02",

"num.CD.BPBC.A.02",

"txt.CD.A.03",

"num.CD.BPAC.A.03",

"num.CD.BPBC.A.03",

"txt.CD.A.04”

)

//this continues, naming 63 fields in this manner

for (var i in highlight) {

var f = this.getField(highlight);

if(f == null) {

console.show();

app.alert("Error accessing field " + highlight, 1, 0, "Field Access Error");

} // end if field object null;

if (btn.hidden == true) {

f.strokeColor = color.cyan;

} else {

f.strokeColor = ["RGB", 1, .8, .05];

f.fillColor = ["RGB", .92, .92, .92];

} // end if;

} // end for loop;

try67 · Answer

Several issues there:1. That's not how arrays work. You need to use a for-loop and iterate over each item in it.2. You can't use the name to access the field, you have to do it via the getField method.3. Fields don't have a borderColor property. The name of this property is strokeColor.So use this code:for (var i in highlight) { var f = this.getField(highlight); if (btn.hidden == true) { f.strokeColor = color.white; } else { f.strokeColor = color.black; }}

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