Ghost text is changing the caption to gray italics

Question

I'm using this script:
form1.page17.table1.Table7.Row3.DateField6[0]::enter - (JavaScript, client)
this.fontColor = "0,0,0";
this.font.posture = "normal";
form1.page17.table1.Table7.Row3.DateField6[0]::exit - (JavaScript, client)
if (this.isNull)
  this.fontColor = "153,153,153"; // a gray colour
  this.font.posture = "italic";
form1.page17.table1.Table7.Row3.DateField6[0]::prePrint - (JavaScript, client)
this.format.picture.value = "";
form1.page17.table1.Table7.Row3.DateField6[0]::postPrint - (JavaScript, client)
this.format.picture.value = "";
form1.page17.table1.Table7.Row3.DateField6[0]::ready:form - (JavaScript, client)
this.execEvent("exit");
this.format.picture.value = "null{'" + this.assist.toolTip.value + "'}";
That I gratefully found at this blog: Adding Ghost Text to LiveCycle Designer forms on the adobe.cookbooks.com web site.
I can get the ghost text to work just fine, however when I just used it in a TextField, it changes the caption to the gray italic text. What is causing this and how do I correct?
Thanks,
MDawn

Answer 1

Hi Margaret,
Sorry about that, mouslander is right the line "this.caption.font.posture.value = "normal";" should have been "this.caption.font.posture = "normal";" without the .value bit
If you want to do this in Designer, you can with the Font palette.
Click the little arrow and update the Value to italic and the 40% gray (153,153,153) and set the caption to black, normal.
Regards
Bruce