Is there a function that will change the background color of a field? I know how to do it manually, but, as part of a project, i'm trying to automate it with a script.

thanks for any help

Can you give more details? You might be able to use applescript, or (I don't know much about it) create an XML template.

sure! im just trying to set the color of a particular field, based on a value. So I have an apple script that checks to see if the value in the field matches a pre-defined value and if it does, I would like to set the background color of that field to a different color. In essence, I am just automating the color-coding of the display. I've looked at applescript and cannot find any function, at least to my limited knowledge, that will change the color of a field. So I am wondering if there is a function I don't know of, or if there is some other clever way to do this?

Hope this clarifys things

FileMaker can change the color of text via a calculation, but not the color of a field. This would be a container field, regular or global. You can't programically change the background color of other fields, such as text fields, I don't think (I could be be wrong). Though you can make them transparent and put a container field behind them.

In any case try the free Simple Hightlight plug-in. http://24uSoftware.com/SimpleHighlight