Custom Format Scrip

[EllenBCC]

I hope I've posted this in the right place, I'm working on a form in Adobe Acrobat 9.  I have a combo box in a form, with Low, Medium, High and No Action Required as the options.  What I would like to do is change the colour of the field (either text or background) based on the selection such as

Low - Green

Medium - Orange

High - Red

No Action Required - no change.

Can this be done?

[George_Johnson · Accepted solution]

If you mean that you want to change the background color of the combo box, you can use the following custom validate script:

// Custom Validate script for text field

switch (event.value) {

case "Low" :

    event.target.fillColor = color.green;

    break;

case "Medium" :

    event.target.fillColor = ["RGB", 1, .33, 0];

    break;

case "High" :

    event.target.fillColor = color.red;

    break;

case "No Action Required" :

    event.target.fillColor = color.white;

    break;

}

[EllenBCC]

Thank you so much, it now works perfectly, you've made my day

[EllenBCC]

Can I call on your expertise once again?

I now have another field (text) which i need to complete automatically based on the response to the preceding drop down list field for example

When the user selects  High, Medium or Low from field A text will appear in field B based on the selection above ie Selecting High in field A will auto populate Field B with the following text, "his is serious and must receive urgent attention" and the text will change when selecting Medium or Low.

[George_Johnson]

At the beginning of the script, add the following line of code:

var f1 = getField("Field B");

but replace "Field B" with the actual name of the text field. Then, just before each break statement, add a line like this:

f1.value = "his is serious and must receive urgent attention";

but change the text according to which item is selected.

[EllenBCC]

Thanks George, I'd just posted my query when your response came through.

I've tried your code but couldn't get it to work, to be honest I don't really know what I'm doing, it's a bit like giving a monkey a shotgun.

Do I add it to the other code you gave me last week or does it goes somewhere else?  Sorry to be a pain,

[George_Johnson]

Yes, alter the previous code as I described. If it doesn't work, post your new script here so I know what you've changed it to.

[EllenBCC]

Thank you so much George, that is brilliant.

[Traci Kay]

Hi, I am hoping you can help me. Your code worked perfectly! The only problem is, I am trying to change the RGB to colors that match my pdf. Your example RGB works great, however when I insert my RGB it doesn't work at all and I can't figure out why.

Here is my code:

// Custom Validate script for text field

switch (event.value) {

case "Yes" :

    event.target.fillColor = color.green;

    break;

case "No" :

    event.target.fillColor = ["RGB", 1, .33, 0];

    break;

case "1 x per week" :

    event.target.fillColor = ["RGB", 146, 200, 78];

    break;

case "select one" :

    event.target.fillColor = color.gray;

    break;

}

The event.target line in NO is your code and it changes to red. the event.target line in 1x per week is the green color I am using elsewhere in my pdf, but when I select 1 x per week, it goes white. Any ideas?

[George_Johnson]

The individual numbers in the array range from 0 to 1, not 0 to 255, so use this instead:

    event.target.fillColor = ["RGB", 146/255, 200/255, 78/255];