[AccessD] Conditional Formatting

[Rocky Smolin]

More than once I have found the answer to a problem by trying to describe
and document it completely. So when you asked "What is your conditional
check looking for?  What exactly is the check?' I set to work detailing it,
looking at the code, etc. I think others on the list have had the same
experience.  It' one of the downsides of working alone - you have a problem
and you can't just walk around the corner and ask your friend in the next
cubicle who may not know the answer bus asks a question for clarity and
that leads to the solution.

I'm mostly retired - only have 2-3 active clients left and they give me
just enough work to be fun. But without AccessD over the last - what is it,
25 years or so? -  it would have been/be a lot harder.

r
On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 4:49 AM Bill Benson <bensonforums at gmail.com> wrote:

> How did knowing us, as opposed to knowing a fact about requery, help here?
> :)
>
> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 4:35 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It's not what you know - it's who you know.  And I know you all! 😀
> >
> > r
> >
> > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 12:23 PM Charlotte Foust <
> charlotte.foust at gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Timing is everything! ;)
> > > Charlotte Foust
> > > (916) 206-4336
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
>
>