Setting transparent fill color

b How can I set the transparent color to a form object from a JavaScript code?
For example in this case:
> xfa.resolveNode("this.border.fill.color").value = "255,255,0";
This line set the object color to yellow. And transparent color? How I have to do?
Thanks !!!
Dan

While XFA supports any color space, the
usable color space depends on the target. Since your forms are rendering to PDF (or possibly HTML if you're using LiveCycle Forms), you're unfortunately limited to their support which is RGB only.
In short, you can't set the transparency value of a color when targeting PDF.
Stefan
Adobe Systems

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