Changing text appearance

A great way to improve the user experience is to change the way text appears on the screen. This recipe will explore several options that are available to you.

Getting ready

Design the Customer List form and save it as a new object.

How to do it...

1. Design the copy of the Customer List form.

2. Create a function named GetColor that returns an integer.

3. Add the following code to the function:

   IF "Location Code" = 'BLUE' THEN
   EXIT(16711680)
   ELSE IF "Location Code" = 'GREEN' THEN
   EXIT(65280)
   ELSE IF "Location Code" = 'RED' THEN
   EXIT(255)
   ELSE IF "Location Code" = 'YELLOW' THEN
   EXIT(65535)
   

4. Create a function named GetBold that returns a boolean value.

5. Add the following code to the function:

   EXIT("Credit Limit (LCY)" > 1000);
   

6. In the OnFormat trigger for the name column, add the following code:

   CurrForm.Name.UPDATEFORECOLOR(GetColor);
   CurrForm.Name.UPDATEFONTBOLD(GetBold);
   

7. Save and close the form.

How it works...

The trigger that controls the appearance of text is the OnFormat trigger...