Comments on: oneOfChild Scripting Property http://forms.stefcameron.com/2006/11/09/oneofchild-scripting-property/ Building intelligent forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stefan Cameron http://forms.stefcameron.com/2006/11/09/oneofchild-scripting-property/#comment-6194 Stefan Cameron Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:10:24 +0000 http://forms.stefcameron.com/blog/?p=53#comment-6194 fursten, The processing instruction inside the field's //ui/{oneOfChild}/border node is just there to help Designer easily remember what the appearance property's setting is when it's set to one of the presets in the property's drop down list. In reality, the "Object palette > Field tab > Appearance property" is a combination of the elements under the //ui/{oneOfChild}/border node which specify border edges and corners as well as fill color and style. If you want to set the "appearance" at runtime using script, you would use the oneOfChild property to get to the <border> node inside the field's <ui> element and you would go from there. For example, to set the fill colour of a text field's content area, you would do this: <pre><code>TextField1.ui.oneOfChild.border.fill.color.value = "255,0,0"; // red</code></pre> I actually have a post on setting various fill colors if you're interested: <a href="http://forms.stefcameron.com/2008/03/14/field-background-color-fill/" rel="nofollow">Field Background Color Fill</a>. fursten,

The processing instruction inside the field’s //ui/{oneOfChild}/border node is just there to help Designer easily remember what the appearance property’s setting is when it’s set to one of the presets in the property’s drop down list. In reality, the “Object palette > Field tab > Appearance property” is a combination of the elements under the //ui/{oneOfChild}/border node which specify border edges and corners as well as fill color and style.

If you want to set the “appearance” at runtime using script, you would use the oneOfChild property to get to the <border> node inside the field’s <ui> element and you would go from there. For example, to set the fill colour of a text field’s content area, you would do this:

TextField1.ui.oneOfChild.border.fill.color.value = "255,0,0"; // red

I actually have a post on setting various fill colors if you’re interested: Field Background Color Fill.

]]> By: fursten http://forms.stefcameron.com/2006/11/09/oneofchild-scripting-property/#comment-6193 fursten Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:38:28 +0000 http://forms.stefcameron.com/blog/?p=53#comment-6193 sorry, like this: templateDesigner StyleID aped2 sorry, like this: templateDesigner StyleID aped2

]]> By: fursten http://forms.stefcameron.com/2006/11/09/oneofchild-scripting-property/#comment-6192 fursten Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:37:39 +0000 http://forms.stefcameron.com/blog/?p=53#comment-6192 Hello Stefan, I have one question for you about this topic: What about changing the appearance property of an object (for instance, a dropdown) in runtime? As far as I understood, this property points to a processing instruction like this: Thank you. Hello Stefan,

I have one question for you about this topic:

What about changing the appearance property of an object (for instance, a dropdown) in runtime? As far as I understood, this property points to a processing instruction like this:

Thank you.

]]> By: Marijn Sponselee http://forms.stefcameron.com/2006/11/09/oneofchild-scripting-property/#comment-6191 Marijn Sponselee Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:18:41 +0000 http://forms.stefcameron.com/blog/?p=53#comment-6191 Hi Stefan, I'm sure you know, but it's not mentioned here: the oneOfChild property is already available in Designer 7.0 <i>see XFA spec 2.2</i> and it works like a charm. Kind regards, Marijn Sponselee Hi Stefan,
I’m sure you know, but it’s not mentioned here: the oneOfChild property is already available in Designer 7.0 see XFA spec 2.2 and it works like a charm.

Kind regards, Marijn Sponselee

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