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To show a layer you must set property state to true.
Obvious! 
Laura, sorry I made a mistake, replace this line :
if (ocgArray1.name == "A") {ocgArray1.state = false;}
By:
if (ocgArray1.name == "A") {ocgArray1.state = true;}
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I have generated a file in Indesign.
All bag colours for all parts of this bag are on a seperate layer.
Here is a screenshot of what the file looks like:
What I want is, that you can configure the bag shown in all the available colours.
So for example:
- Felt colour: Black
- Rope handle colour: Red
- Leather patch colour: Beige
If I do this directly in Indesign - as far as I know, I would have to export as an EPUB - PDF won't work
If I do it in Acrobat in the PDF - the only way I know how is to make the colours on the right buttons - with the layer visibility setting to show each of the colours on the bag - which are all on separate layers (left side screenshop).
But then, there will always just be one layer active at a time.
So either the felt will be black OR the handles will be Red.
I need a workaround around this issue - so that all 3 parts of the bag can be shown in any available colour from the colour options.
(3 randomly chosen layers need to be able to be activated at once)
thanks
Hi.
InDesign does not provide any tool to manage PDF layers.
In this case, copying and pasting some JavaScript and changing only one name (A) each time is easier than using Acrobat's "Set layer visibilty" command that requires dozens of manipulations for each button.
Use Acrobat Pro to place these scripts in form fields.
These scripts assumes that FELT layers are the first 16, that ROPE HANDLE layers are 17th to 32nd, and LEATHER PATCH layers are 33rd to 38th (according to the screenshot).
If needed you can reorder layers to match this order, or you can edit the script.
For each button field, replace A by the name of the layer that must be displayed (don't remove quotes).
Place this script as a mouse-up event in all FELT buttons :
// hide all FELT layers
var ocgs = this.getOCGs();
for (var i=1; i<17; i++) {
ocgs.state = false;
}
// show the selected FELT layer
var ocgArray1 = this.getOCGs();
for (var i=0; i < ocgArray1.length; i++) {
if (ocgArray1.name == "A") {ocgArray1.state = false;}
}
Place this script as a mouse-up event in all ROPE HANDLE buttons :
// hide all ROPE HANDLE layers
var ocgs = this.getOCGs();
for (var i=17; i<33; i++) {
ocgs.state = false;
}
// show the selected ROPE HANDLE layer
var ocgArray1 = this.getOCGs();
for (var i=0; i < ocgArray1.length; i++) {
if (ocgArray1.name == "A") {ocgArray1.state = false;}
}
Place this script as a mouse-up event in all LEATHER PATCH buttons :
// hide all LEATHER PATCH layers
var ocgs = this.getOCGs();
for (var i=33; i<39; i++) {
ocgs.state = false;
}
// show the selected LEATHER PATCH layer
var ocgArray1 = this.getOCGs();
for (var i=0; i < ocgArray1.length; i++) {
if (ocgArray1.name == "A") {ocgArray1.state = false;}
}
If by an extraordinary intuition you had given exactly the same name to the button fields and to the corresponding layer it would be much simpler: 3 copy and paste in all, without the disadvantage of having to add the name of the corresponding layer each time.
To show a layer you must set property state to true.
Obvious! 
Laura, sorry I made a mistake, replace this line :
if (ocgArray1.name == "A") {ocgArray1.state = false;}
By:
if (ocgArray1.name == "A") {ocgArray1.state = true;}
I am naming the button "Button Filz Schwarz" (it means "button felt black" in German)
I correct the skript as follows ("Filz Schwarz" is the name of the layer, that is supposed to show up here):
Since you have put exactly the same name to the layers and buttons, we could fully automate the script, without having to add the name of the target layer in each button.
Button Filz Schwarz and Filz Schwarz can be the same since JavaScript can easily remove the first part of the button name ("Button ") to match names.
Thank you for advise, but when I'm using Javascript debugger - it always shows the same SyntaxError: identifier starts immediately after numeric literal. And I don't understand hoe to fix it.
Let me show you what I need to find out. Look - when I do action on button, then shown layer (marked by Orange marker) should appear or disappear.
Arrow shows to the code. Would you be so kind and write how it should be written correctly, because I have asked a lot of peaple and nobody can clarify how to do This simple manipulation (set layer visability is not an option and use Buttons as a layer not good idea also). Appreceate for help...
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