General ⇒ Options as \newcommand (package kvsetkeys error undefined)

[loro]

Hi at all,
I'm pretty new to Latex and I'm not shure if this is the right Section, so please be gentle to me and my questions .Her is my first one.
Is it possible to declare options as a newcommand or similar to use it multiple times.
I have some TextFields in my document defined like this:

\TextField[name=name,borderwidth=0.5pt,bordercolor={0.2 0.1 0.4},width=35mm]{}

The Options borderwidth, bordercolor and width are always be the same. How can I define this Options as a \newcommand?
If I define a

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\newcommand{borderwidth=0.5pt,bordercolor={0.2 0.1 0.4},width=35mm}

and build the document i received as an error:

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package kvsetkeys error undefined key borderwidth=0.5pt,bordercolor={0.2 0.1 0.4},width=35mm

How can I solve this problem.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Loro,

welcome to the forum!

Yes, in LaTeX is very good practice, to put repeated things into a macro. It's more than just saving time: you have the settings in one place, which makes changing much easier.

I would create a macro which calls \TextField with the desired options. Such as:

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\newcommand{\FixedField}[2][]{\TextField[#1,borderwidth=0.5pt,
    bordercolor={0.2 0.1 0.4},width=35mm]{#2}}
...
\FixedField[name=name]{text}

Stefan