Font Color Formula Box - Gone?? 1

[lkerr]

Okay, this may seem like a silly question to ask, but under what conditions would the conditional formatting box for the font color disappear? I have a number of fields in my (CR9) report that I need to change color conditionally.

I'm fairly sure that there is supposed to be a X2 button next to the font color drop-down in the format editor. However, its not there - nothing showing to the right of the font color box.

What could cause it to be missing? Is there a way to get it back, or does anyone know of an alternate way to format font color conditionally? Thanks!

 

[synapsevampire]

Try posting the data type of the object you're trying to conditionally format.

Right click it and select browse data to learn what Crystal thinks it is.

-k

 

[lkerr]

Well, in this case, I'm actually just looking at a text box - although there will be other fields eventually.

I'm actually wanting to change all the fields in a section conditionally based on the content of a certain field - so that as the detail section repeats, it will be a different color for each repeat. The formula's not really a problem, its just finding the box in which to place it that's causing a bit of an issue. Honestly, I don't know where it went - does it not appear in a text box?

LK

 

[synapsevampire]

No, text objects won't provide that, change to using FORMULA fields for the text objects, as in:

-k

 

[lkerr]

K -

Thanks! What an easy (albeit slightly pesky) fix! I'll remember that info for next time!

LK