portal row highlight.... possible?

[ron G]

I recall, but can not again find, a solution in this forum that described how to add "portal row highlighting". Specifically, I mean that when a user selects a portal row, that row gets a yellow background; for example.

Or, am I imagining this solution and the reality is 'you can't get there from here'?

Thanks

Ron

[iMarcW]

Google has links to several posts about this, including a batch of FMForums links:

http://www.google.com/search?q=filemaker+portal+row+highlighting

[David Jondreau]

It takes two things. Conditional formatting and a script.

Create a text box the same dimensions of your portal row. Apply conditional formatting with the calc = $$highlightPortal = RelatedRecord::Primary Key and set it to highlight the color you want. Attach a script to that text box.

That script should contain the script steps:

Set Variable [ $$highlightPortal ; RelatedRecord::Primary Key ]

Refresh Window[]

[ron G]

It takes two things. Conditional formatting and a script.

Create a text box the same dimensions of your portal row. Apply conditional formatting with the calc = $$highlightPortal = RelatedRecord::Primary Key and set it to highlight the color you want. Attach a script to that text box.

That script should contain the script steps:

Set Variable [ $$highlightPortal ; RelatedRecord::Primary Key ]

Refresh Window[]

Thank you for the ideas.

I did it without a script or global variables.

I had a Cartesian join between two instances of the same table. The second table just had Member Names. Selecting the Member Name fired a GTRR to change the Member Table to show the entire record.

Thanks again for the ideas... Ron

This is the conditional formatting I used: Members_portal::KP_MemberID=Members::KP_MemberID

This is what it looks like: