GetFieldName() in conditional formatting - bug?

[comment]

I am trying to highlight the active field using the new GetFieldName() function:

Get (ActiveFieldTableName) & "::" & Get (ActiveFieldName) = GetFieldName ( Self )

I have the same formula attached to a tooltip. When the field is active, the tooltip returns true - but conditional formatting is not applied. Is this a bug or am I overlooking something?

GetFieldNameBug.fp7.zip

[Ocean West]

i would just use this...

to highlight the active field...

GetFieldNameBug.fp7.zip

[comment]

OK, I think I see what the issue is: it doesn't think it needs to evaluate when active field changes. If I add a bogus condition to the conditional formatting, it wakes up - but it still changes the formatting only on screen refresh, so it's one step behind reality.

[comment]

Thanks, Stephen - that's actually what I did:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showpost.php?post/314863/

I just thought that with this new function it would be possible to do something more interesting.

EDIT:

The file above is not a good example, because conditional formatting is never applied to the active field; you need to duplicate the fields on the layout to see the effect (or lack thereof).

Edited January 18, 2009 by Guest

[fabriceN]

Conditional formatting doesn't apply to active field. That's why you have to use Stephen's example and think "reverse"

[fabriceN]

EDIT : didn't see you edit :

[comment]

Yeah, never mind - I was trying something overly ambitious (and wasn't fully awake to boot : ).

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As far as I am concerned, this entire thread can be deleted - I fear it serves only to confuse.

Edited January 18, 2009 by Guest

[Ocean West]

As far as I am concerned, this entire thread can be deleted - I fear it serves only to confuse.

i think it shows humility and proves that even experts sometimes can't see the forest thru the trees. :

[comment]

Yeah, that's what I said.