Conditional Formatting Color fill in Adobe Acrobat DC

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August 28, 2018
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I am trying to conditionally format a field in my PDF to fill with a certain color based on the selected dropdown list's value. It seems i have gotten some traction, but the only color that works is red, and it does not change colors if I select a different value from my dropdown. I need help with my Javascript. Here is what I have so far:

var v = this.getField("Dropdown4.5").value;

if (v="Business Now") {event.target.fillColor = color.green;}

if (v="Business Future") {event.target.fillColor = color.blue;}

if (v="Daily To-Do's") {event.target.fillColor = color.red;}

if (v="Marketing") {event.target.fillColor = color.orange;}

if (v="Learning Plan") {event.target.fillColor = color.yellow;}

Correct answer George_Johnson

That first line is missing getField, so it should be:

var v = getField("Dropdown4.8").value;

though it's best to get into the habit of using the valueAsString property instead when you'll be dealing with a field value as a string:

var v = getField("Dropdown4.8").valueAsString;

JR Boulay

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Kbjb

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Hi!

I am trying to conditionally format a field in my PDF to fill with a certain color based on the selected dropdown list's value. I tried adapting solutions provided to others with the same request. Unfortunately I don't understand enough about the script to come up with the right solution. I've been trying for days and would really appreciate help.

Thank you!!

try67

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You need to provide more details if you want to have help... What did you try? What were the results? What are you tryign to achieve, exactly?

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joshb21464502Author

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try67 it still seems to not be working. I added the double equal sign, but now no color fills no matter which value is selected. Is the rest of my script correct?