Hello!

 

Is it possible to have a script run to change the color of a simple text box - I am trying to have it actually blink, between like, Red, and white. I am looking to get it to blink if certain conditions are met for the record, like, if it's an exempt (vs. non-exempt) item -it would blink to notify the user. 

Ideally, I would be great to loop it, so it runs non-stop when the DB file is opened.

 

Any help is appreciated, thanks so much!

 

Karen

Are you sure you want to do this? Blinking, flickering and/or moving content makes for terrible user interface - see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_element

 

and also:

http://www.un.org/webaccessibility/1_visual/15_nomoving.shtml

Edited October 17, 201312 yr by comment

I have friend who seizures if things blink and it is not uncommon I am told.  With web I 

 

sorry, I meant to say I should read the links first. 

Wow that second web page sure looked official.  I will not blink either.

Actually I wanted to say welcome back, Comment then I chickened out then I got brave again.  Welcome back!

Setting things to blink is just a bad idea. It can be done with conditional formatting and a script that refreshes the screen periodically. That's as far as I'll go. There is a thread on this forum that explains it. Search for blink or change field background color.

Thanks for the replies. Yes, I know it's not typically a good idea, however it's just one word I am trying to made blink, slowly, at best, and it's also a layout that someone would not stay one for very long at all. I am just trying to bring these particular part numbers to someone's attention, as they are "special". It's just a stock check layout, so no one other than myself would be on it very long. 

Thanks for the tips,

K.

IMHO, the best way to do this (well, the second-best way after not doing this) would be to show an animated .gif image inside a web viewer - see:

http://fmforums.com/forum/topic/63664-display-stored-gif-in-web-viewer/

 

That way you don't need to tie up your solution by running a looping script.

Comment, there appears to be four attachments on that referenced thread.  Can you tell me the post number that you recommend?  Thank you.

I recommend reading the entire thread....

Gotcha!