Form Variable not working, Java, LiveCycle 8

In LiveCycle JS the color values are in a string that looks like a list of values. So you have to build this string to set a color.

In JavaScript, anything in quotes is a string, so you can't place variables in quotes. Instead you have to concatonate the string variable with the static text. Rewrite your code like this.

Button1.border.fill.color.value = redone.value + ",0,0";

or, use the border color shortcut property


Button1.borderColor = redone.value + ",0,0";

Thanks, that worked. Here is the final java with three variables (one for red, one for green, one for blue).

redone, redtwo, and redthree are "form variables" and can be anyhing you want to call them. Their values (to creat red) are redone=255, redtwo=0, redthree=0

Button1.border.fill.color.value = redone.value + ","+redtwo.value+","+redthree.value;


Thanks again for the help. Wish someone would have put that little info in the HELP FILE ;-)

Rod

Rod,
It's important to note that the problem was unrelated to Acrobat in any way. String handling and the language syntax are features of Core JavaScript, and this information is part of any Reference that deals with Core JavaScript. So you wouldn't expect string handling to be explicitly explained in the Acrobat References.