how can i get a field to flash?

[solarpunk]

Hello,

I was wondering how i can get a field to flash, basically i want to flash a field that show Total Hours. I want to set up when so that when total hours reach 35 it start flashing.

thanks

victor

[BrentHedden]

There is no way to get a field to flash based upon a condition or not. There might be a plug-in to do this, but I'm not aware of such. If you're using FM7, you could use the text formatting functions to make the text flash for a defined amount of time, but it'll have to be scripted, something like this -

If (TotalHours >= 35)

SetField [TotalHours] TextColor ( TotalHours; RGB (0;0;0) )

Pause (for a few miliseconds)

SetField [TotalHours] TextColor ( TotalHours; RGB (255;255;255) )

Pause (for a few milliseconds)

End If

You could loop this If statement a few times to make sure it's seen.

This will basically change the color of the text in TotalHours a few times. There are plugins to run a script when a certain condition is met, so it could be used in conjunction with this script.

This is one way to make it kinda work, however screwy it looks.

[Dan-A]

You could use a container field to hold a coloured square.

Put that field behind the field with the Total Hours.

With a calculation, set the field to hold "nothing" (be blank) or

hold the coloured square....it's not flashing but it would give

you a hi-lited background to draw attention to that field.

Dan