[AccessD] Conditional Formatting

[Rocky Smolin]

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On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 12:23 PM Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Charlotte Foust
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> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 10:47 AM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Got it! In the process of going through the steps to document for you, I
> > tried putting the requery call in the modal/popup form and walla!  It
> > worked.
> >
> > The conditional rule is checking the value of another text box on the
> form
> > that has the value of the number of comments (in a child table) for the
> > record that has the focus.  The box is a field in the query that is the
> > recordsource for the form and is invisible.  But I've made it visible for
> > debug purposes to confirm that it has either a 0 (no comment record) or 1
> > (has a comment record).  The condition
> > is: [CountOffldTenantLeaseStepID]<>0.  When I delete the comment, and
> close
> > the form, the number of comments stays at 1.  I thought the code would
> stop
> > executing while the modal form was open but it didn't. Sp my requery in
> the
> > calling form was being executed before the modal form closed.
> >
> > So moving the Requery of the calling form to the modal form solved it!
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > r
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > rocky
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 10:16 AM Jim Dettman via AccessD <
> > accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Rocky,
> > >
> > >  What is your conditional check looking for?  What exactly is the
> check?
> > >
> > > Jim.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: AccessD On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> > > Sent: Friday, May 7, 2021 11:29 AM
> > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>; Off Topic <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com
> >
> > > Subject: [AccessD] Conditional Formatting
> > >
> > > Dear list(s)
> > >
> > > I have a text box with an asterisk in it on a continuous form.  When
> the
> > > user clicks the box a modal/ pop-up form opens and the user can enter a
> > > comment in a memo field which is linked to the parent recordset by
> PK/FK.
> > >
> > > I have conditional formatting set so that if there is a comment for
> that
> > > particular record the backcolor of the asterisk box turns red - if no
> > > record the backcolor is white.  This is so the user can see which
> records
> > > on the form have comments attached to them.
> > >
> > > This works fine when I open the parent form - the asterisk box for all
> > the
> > > records which have comments are backgrounded red, those without
> comments
> > > are white.
> > >
> > > The problem is that when I add a comment to a record that didn't have
> one
> > > the asterisk box does not turn red when the modal/popup form closes.
> And
> > > when I delete the comment so that the record has no comment, the
> > background
> > > color of the asterisk box does not turn from red to white.
> > >
> > > Exiting the form and re-entering it again show the right conditions for
> > > each record on the form.
> > >
> > > So the conditional formatting is not being triggered except when the
> form
> > > opens.  I have tried requery, refresh, and repaint but no cigar.
> > >
> > > *Does anyone know how to refresh the conditional formatting of fields
> on
> > a
> > > form while it's open?*
> > >
> > > MTIA
> > >
> > > Rockty
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