Re: Forms 5.0/6.0--a good way to make text Blinking?
Date: 28 May 1999 04:42:24 GMT
Message-ID: <7il6rg$pgb$1_at_nntp.csufresno.edu>
Do NOT use blinking fields. Nobody likes them!!! Just change the colors of the fields on the screen, or change the background color of the field. That is easy to do using Display_Item.
Steve Cosner
In article <rec23.1233$AO1.3779403_at_firenze.visi.net>,
Sean Zhang <sean_at_cnfei.com> wrote:
>Hi, Paul,
>
>Thank you for your reply.
>
>In our situation it's necessary to make some fields blinking because
>they are derived from a POST-QUERY trigger and act as special
>memos to different users, like Overlimit/overcredit for certain customers.
>
>By the way, how can I make a label blink?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>Paul Dorsey <pdorsey_at_dulcian.com> wrote in message
>news:kgb23.2265$wu1.1627_at_news.rdc1.nj.home.com...
>> Not really.
>> The only real answer (I think) is to not do it.
>> Maybe an alternative would be to have the label blink.
>>
>> I think the real question is WHY have it blink while the user is entering
>> data?
>> As a user, I would kill a developer that made my field blink while I was
>> entering data.
>> Wouldn't that be distracting???
>> --
>> Paul Dorsey
>> Dulcian, Inc.
>> www.dulcian.com
>> 212 595 7223
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Received on Fri May 28 1999 - 06:42:24 CEST