Using 7.6. I want a field to have a red background if it is empty, white
if it is filled in. In the "on form after start eep", this works perfectly.
I cannot test the value itself because I have "set zero on" so a variable
evaluates as 0 even if empty:
SET VAR vText TEXT = NULL
GETPROPERTY orxunit TEXTVALUE vText
IF vText IS NULL THEN
PROPERTY orxunit COLOR 'RED'
ELSE
PROPERTY orxunit COLOR 'WHITE'
ENDIF
The next thing I want to do is to change the color to white if they type
something in the field. I tried putting the same code in the "after exit" eep
of the field, with pause messages to make sure it's evaluating properly,
and even though it figured it out right it won't keep the white color. If I
trace thru the code, I can see the field changing to white while I am in
trace mode, but as soon as the trace is over and it goes to the next field, the
color pops back to red. Is there a way I can force it to "keep" that white
color? As a test I put the same code on entry into the next field, but the
white refuses to stick. Shouldn't this work?
Karen
