How to achieve conditional formatting in PDF

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October 24, 2021
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Hello, I tried to set up some conditional formating on a PDF form and am hot sure where it went wrong. Here's what I hoped to achieve: I configured three check-box field "Check Box5.0.0.0", "Check Box5.1.0", and "Check Box5.2.0.0", and I want the three box to be filled with green, red, and purple if they're checked individually.

I confugured them to run a Javascript, with Mouth Up as the trigger, and the code is below:

if(event.target.value != "Off")

this.getField("Check Box5.0.0.0").fillColor = color.yellow;

else

this.getField("Check Box5.0.0.0").fillColor = color.transparent;

I edited the form on MacOS and it seems to be working, but when I later open it up on a PC, it behaves really strange. Same thing happened when I opened it on a differnet Mac. Once I checked another box, it'll clear up the color for the previous check-box. Not sure where I got it wrong. Thanks!

Acrobat SDK and JavaScript

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Correct answer try67

You have to disable fields highlighting in order to see the fill color of the fields when they are not in focus.

try67

Correct answer

Community Expert

You have to disable fields highlighting in order to see the fill color of the fields when they are not in focus.

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Zhihui0101Author

Participating Frequently

That's it!!!! I added a document script to disable highlighting and it works like magic! Thank you so much!

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Mandhata341592579qp2

Participant

Could you please share the document script to disable highlighting

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

It works for me:

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:8ee22c09-3bf9-4ea2-864a-2864d2b4f58f

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Zhihui0101Author

Participating Frequently

It's still behaving strangly once I open it on PC. I edited the file a bit so the four check boxes don't change color at the same time. For some reason it's still not working.

sample.pdf