> Alber, > thank you for your idea. > Armin A couple of notes on this technique:
1. You can use the WingDings font to get some cool symbols for the marker. 2. If you want just (for instance) a red box and not a character, you can set your display variable to SFIL(CHAR(160), 5) and set the variable edit to have a red background and be autosized. 3. This technique also works for getting the flag on to a report. 4. If the alert flag is central to your database design, you can calculate it in a computed column or include it as a calculation in a single table view and your data will still be editable, but you will not need to make the calculation in every single form and report where you want to refer to it. -- Larry
