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August 1, 2018
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  • August 1, 2018
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Hi,

i was was wondering if someone would be able to help me as I pretty much have zero coding ability and my attempts and bodging code together from different questions hasn’t gone as planned.  I am trying to set up  3 boxes named ‘am’, ‘pm’ and ‘eve’.  I would like it that when all 3 of these boxes contain any text that another box goes green, and that if any of those boxes is empty that the box is red.  I am Going to have to have one of these for every day so if there was a way of copying the boxes down that would automatically update the validation script that would be amazing.  If anyone can help thank you in advance.

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Correct answer try67

You can use this code as the field's custom calculation script:

event.target.fillColor = (this.getField("am").valueAsString!="" && this.getField("pm").valueAsString!="" && this.getField("eve").valueAsString!="") ? color.green : color.red;

After you apply the script you can copy & paste the field (and then rename it) or use the Create Multiple Copies command to generate new copies with unique names.

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tboden85Author
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August 2, 2018

Thank you both so much

Thom Parker
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Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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August 1, 2018

Add this script to the box that needs to change colors

if(this.getField("am").valueAsString.length && this.getField("am").valueAsString.length && this.getField("am").valueAsString.length)

   event.target.strokeColor = color.green;

else

    event.target.strokeColor = color.red;

This will only work if the border width is set to something greater then 0

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try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 1, 2018

You can use this code as the field's custom calculation script:

event.target.fillColor = (this.getField("am").valueAsString!="" && this.getField("pm").valueAsString!="" && this.getField("eve").valueAsString!="") ? color.green : color.red;

After you apply the script you can copy & paste the field (and then rename it) or use the Create Multiple Copies command to generate new copies with unique names.

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