A sample line would be: <font color="#<colorspec>" bgcolor="#<bgcolorspec>" <your text> </font>
colorspec and bgcolor spec are a hash mark followed by three hex numbers representing the rgb color. I think you can use a color name too but not sure. So using one of your examples you would set the htmltext of field x to "<font color="#255,255,255" bgcolor="#62,117,215"> this is my text </font> Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Terence Heaford <t.heaf...@btinternet.com>wrote: > I'm trying to understand your solution but having looked at htmlText of > field I am not getting it. > > I follow that changing the colour of the field is time consuming. > > Are you suggesting I can change the colour of the field using the htmlText > and the merge command? > > A sample line would be useful because I am not familiar with using the > htmlText. I am familiar with merge. > > Can you provide a sample line that would place some text in a field and > change the backgroundColor of the field. > > All the best > > Terry > > > On 10 Mar 2014, at 16:46, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > > > Since colors can only be applied directly to fields, you can't > manipulate those in variable. But you can create htmltext and then set the > field's htmltext at one go. In this case that's what I'd do. To get proper > html for the field, just manually set up the field colors once and put the > field's htmltext into the message box. Use that text as a template to > script the changes. I frequently store template htmltext as a custom > property of the field, with merge markers ("[[tBackColor]]"). Then when I > need to update the htmltext, I use the merge command. It's a one-liner and > very fast. > > > > I think if you use this method you will notice a dramatic increase in > speed. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
