Susan Harkins
ssharkins at gmail.com
Thu Sep 23 11:01:32 CDT 2010
Oh, I'm sorry. The expression I was using was fine -- it worked exactly as I expected once I rename the controls. The feature gets lost if you use the default control names, which are the same as the underlying field names. I haven't worked in Access in a while and it took me a minute to remember that. Susan H. > > > But what is the Answer ? > > Please share. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:46 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: [AccessD] Fw: Conditional formatting in Access 2010 report > > > As usual... nevermind! :) You guys are magic -- it works everytime! > > Susan H. > > > I'm trying to apply a conditional format to a report control using > Access 2010. The feature offers two methods -- conditional formatting > based on the current value and conditional formatting based on an > expression. I was hoping I could use an expression to refer to another > value in the same record. For instance -- if the InStock value goes > below a certain number, display the Reorder value in red -- or something > like that. I can't figure out -- is this even possible? > > Susan H. > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com