Re: Forms4.5 Problem

From: Wim Jans <bs130659_at_skynet.be>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 19:21:56 +0100
Message-ID: <71q5pm$4bn$1_at_news1.skynet.be>


And what about the display_item procedure? Works fine for me.

Wim

Mark Styles heeft geschreven in bericht
<36404f22.12602160_at_news.intra.bt.com>...
>Apparently, there is a new built-in in Forms 5.0 called
>set_item_instance_property, which does exactly this.
>
>Not much good if you're stuck in 4.5 like me!
>
>You can get around it using images of different colours, but it's a
>tad slow. I haven't found a more elegant solution yet.
>
>Wed, 04 Nov 1998 12:54:44 +0000, Michael McLaughlin
><michael_at_paragon.ie> rambled:
>> concerning the problem below.....if I wanted to change the colour
>>of 'f' without
>>affecting the colour of 'c', how would I do this? I have tried using
>>'When-new-item-instance' on the block, and using visual attributes to
>>change
>>the colour.
>>Works fine for the record you are currently focused in. However, it is
>>also
>>changes the colour of the rest of the column!!
>
>>> > I have a multi-record block:
>>> >
>>> > column1 column2 column3
>>> > --------- --------- ---------
>>> > row1 a b c
>>> > row2 d e f
>Mark Styles
>Spam my account, lose your account. Clear enough?
>Religious tolerance is an oxymoron.
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