Yes, I have searched the database for an answer to this. Clearly, I didn't find one. I need to highlight the active record in a list by giving it a different color. Old people like me view this database and the small vertical bar at the left of the screen is difficult to see. How do I do this?

Create a global field of the same type - number or text - as your unique record IDs.

Conditionally format [a] field on the list layout with a hilight colour and the formula

newglobalfield = uniqueID

Create a script with two steps:

set the newglobalfield with the record's uniqueID

commit records

Assign this script to a trigger - OnObjectEnter - on [a] field on the list layout.

On other layouts that navigate to the list layout run this as a subscript at the start of those scripts.

See if this helps:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/188674/

Just use an OnRecordLoad script trigger.

Script:

Freeze Window

Set variable [ $$current; get( recordID)]

Conditional format:

Get(RecordID = $$current)

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