Thanks, Carey, I did a search in the "Form and Application" and "Workflow Objects" manuals for "extra column" but didn't find anything.
Where can I get more info? Dwayne ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:03:22 -0400 >From: Carey Matthew Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Walking table, reading and setting hi-liting rows >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > >I think you will find that the color is only set for the rows when the >table is refreshed. >Changing the selection value after refresh does not change the row >color. (At least in v6.3 it did not work that way. Maybe 7.1 will be >different, but I doubt it.) > > >And frankly, given any ADA requirements, using color is a bad way to >communicate with users. I personally prefer the extra column approach. >You can even combine the two if you want to as well. The extra column >could be 'Display Type' = "Read Only-HTML" and stuff HTML into each >cell to color the page and add text to match the "state" for the row. >So the background could be "green" and you could put the word "green" >in the cell too. ( Just a thought) > >-- >Carey Matthew Black >Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) >ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) > >Love, then teach >Solution = People + Process + Tools >Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. > > >On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Thad K Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ** >> Dwayne, >> >> Your original post said you are on version 7.1. I haven't played with it >> much, but page 368 of the Form and Application Objects manual says you can >> change the colors of rows in tables based on selection fields. If you >> combined that with Fred's suggestion below, you could set the foreground >> color to white and the background color to black when the status was "Yes". >> It wouldn't truly be a selected row, but it would look that way to the >> user. I don't know how well that would play out in practice for what you >> are doing, but its crazy enough that it just might work. >> >> Thad Esser >> Remedy Developer >> "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours."-- Richard Bach > >_______________________________________________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
