Condition Color Equations on Buttons

[Peter Lear]

As I continue to explore, I have run into a minor glitch.
I used to value the A5v4 facility to add conditional colour and font properties in form design.

While working through Peter Wayne's fantastic Xbasic Tutorial, I came across the this.fill.forecolor="Red" xbasic code. When it didn't seem to work (probably my fault somewhere in the script), I went to try editing the form. Help. Where has the facility to put color equations into the properties? I have looked at the code explorer too. But that only seems to tell me what the settings are - but not what can be coded in.

Am I being an idiot - - - again?

Yours

Rev Peter Lear

[Tom Cone Jr]

RE: Condition Color Equations on Buttons

Peter,

The colors of an object on your form are properties of that object. In design mode for your form, select the object and examine its properties. You can set the colors there.

If you're trying to change the color of an object in response to some event that occurs in your form, then you have to attach a short script to that event, that manipulates the properties of the desired object, and then refreshes it.

Thus far, this is all pretty general stuff, which you probably already knew. Tell us more about the details of what you're attempting for 'She who must be obeyed', and we'll help.

-- tom

[John Keogh]

RE: Condition Color Equations on Buttons

Peter

I change the colour of a button on a form depending on the button that has been pressed in the menu calling the form. I hope that makes sense.

It�s very easy using action scripting.

Select set object properties and then add the button you wish to alter and select the property you wish to modify. I would guess that�s foreground, select the colour. If I can do it so can you

It�s also conditional based on a variable which is set by the menu, so it might be what you are trying to achieve.

If you�ve made the move to the big boy�s xbasic stuff, disregard the above because that�s like Chinese to me

John

[Peter Lear]

RE: Condition Color Equations on Buttons

Tom

Under A5v4 there was the ability to design conditional colours on buttons and check boxes and so on. if (debit,"Green on white","white on red") for example, and you could pop the expression in the obbject's properties box in design mode.

I seem to have lost it. So I ask now: do I have to write a script on the on save event or something. If so, where do I find the syntax?

Peter

[Scott Emerick]

RE: Condition Color Equations on Buttons

Peter,

The color equation settings for a button and checkbox are not available in the objects property box, however you have full control of them following Tom's advice above.

Where do you put the scripts? Well that depends on what you need.

Lets say you have a check box that a user can select Deposit or Withdrawal .. and you want the amount field to be Black for deposit and red for withdrawal.

The script would be put in the check box OnChange event.

Without knowing what your doing exactly its hard to give you exact instructions, but this gives you an idea.

Hope this clears it up some for you.

Scott