Alternate Background Fill

[Debra Murdock]

Hi - I'm brand new to FM Forums and hope that this question isn't too ridiculous. I've built a system to track timesheets. I've designed a weekly report which provides each employee's hours (one page per employee). I wanted to take advantage of the Alternate Background Fill in the BODY part set-up but it's not working. The manual said that even numbered records use the fill background but it doesn't seem to use the actual RECORD NUMBER field. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

Debra

[Lee Smith]

We just had a discussion about this a couple of weeks ago. What view are you using to look at the records? Form, Table, List (Portal)?

Lee

[Debra Murdock]

Hi Lee - thanks for the quick response. It's from a Table.

Debra

[Lee Smith]

In layout out mode, double click on the Body Tab and you will get a dialog box with this option at the bottom.]

HTH

Lee

[SlimJim]

There is another way which I found by accident. Select the body tab use the fill colour in the status area to set one background, as normal; and use the line colour in the status area to set the alternate background.

[Debra Murdock]

Thank you all for your help - I was able to correct it - I had the 'wrong' view for the layout - duh!!! Thanks again.

Debra