Button color

[JMickey]

Is there any way to change the background color of a button when it is selected.

[LaRetta]

Yes. You can use conditional formatting and change the color of the button depending upon what your script will do - just about any change can be used in the conditional format boolean test. We would need more information to give you a specific answer to a specific question but here's a couple of examples:

1) Your script which fires when you press the button might set a date field called PrintDate. You can test for that date and your conditional format would look like:

Formula is: PrintDate

2) You can use a global variable instead of a field value if the button should only stay colored until it is changed again OR until close of the client session. Within your script, add the step Set Variable [ $$buttonHilite ; 1 ] then your conditional format would be:

Formula is: $$buttonHilite

Combinations are endless and quite fun (including but not limited to using script parameters attached to the buttons themselves).

LaRetta

Edited February 10, 2008 by Guest
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