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2009-05-06 11:30:00
alexpapa
Registered: Nov 25 2008
Posts: 68

Hi,

I am trying to set a fillcolor for an input field, i.e. something like bright pink.

This works fine as long as I am in focus on the field. When out of focus, the color returns to the usual blue.

Is there any way to set this to be permanently a different color?

Alex

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2009-05-06 20:13:49
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Dimitri
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Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi alexpapa,

For a form created in Acrobat (since you are in the Acrobat Forms forum I'll assume that's a yes), you can set the fill color of a field by opening the Properties dialog and selecting the fill color under the Appearance tab.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
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Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
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2009-05-06 20:15:09
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alexpapa
Registered: Nov 25 2008
Posts: 68
Hi,

This is how I am setting the fill color, however when opened in Reader it defaults back to blue until I click on the field - only then does it show the color that I have set
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2009-05-08 08:30:33
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Dimitri
Expert
Registered: Nov 1 2005
Posts: 1389
Hi alexpapa,

Have you looked at the Preferences in Reader to see if field highlighting is turned on? If you turn it off, then does it work?

You can turn highlighting off by adding a Document Level script to the PDF. See the App object runtimeHighlight property in the Acrobat JavaScript Reference.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
pdfscripting.com

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