Making transparent circles in a fillable form--Acrobat Pro 9

Report · Feb 29, 2016

Please help. I've searched many of the forums here and other webistes and I just can't get this to work for me. I am using Acrobat 9 Pro for Mac. This is what I need:

I have a fillable form that has a "yes" box and a "no" box. I need to be able click on the "yes" or "no" and place a transparent circle or box around the the word. I've tried radio buttons, check boxes, stamps. I've played around with settings like outlines, text color, etc.. but nothing seems to work. I can get a circle to cover up the words but not a transparent one. I'm pretty convinced there is a java script to make it work. I'm just not sure how to write it. This seems like it would be something a lot of people would use out there. So, I'm sure there is a way. I'm just not sure how.

Thanks,

John

Report · Feb 29, 2016

Here's a link to a sample file that demonstrates one way to do this: http://www.acroscript.net/pdf/demos/button_checkbox.pdf

The transparent circle is provided by a circular button icon that's a vector graphic, as opposed to an image. You'll have to study the scripting to see ow it works, and extend it to behave like a radio button or check box group.

Another approach is to use buttons and toggle the border color from something (e.g., black) to transparent when clicked.

Report · Feb 29, 2016

George,

Thanks for the reply. You've got me on the right track and the .pdf you sent worked perfectly. I can click on it and the circle toggles on. I click on it again and it toggles off. I've tried to copy it exactly in to my forms and it will toggle on but it won't toggle off. I've copied the javascript and pasted in my forms. So, I know that it's an exactly duplicate. However, it still doesn't work.