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imran_amodi1 Newbie Joined: 02 May 2009 Location: Saudi Arabia Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Topic: Crstal Report alternate color Help? Posted: 02 May 2009 at 7:23am
	Hello Friends, I have a crystal report, Crystal Report contains a Table and I change the alternate color of the Rows using the following formula: if RecordNumber mod 2 = 0 then crSilver else crNoColor I want the alternate color to be within the Table, but the alternate color is applied outside the Table also. How to do it? Thanks.
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 02 May 2009 at 9:43am
	1. What do you mean by a "table"? A crosstab or something else? 2. Where exactly did you place the formula?
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imran_amodi1 Newbie Joined: 02 May 2009 Location: Saudi Arabia Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 02 May 2009 at 11:30pm
	Hello DBlank, Sorry for not being clear. 1. What do you mean by a “table”? A crosstab or something else? a. I added a Group section (Right-Click on Details Section ->Report -> Group Expert). b. I used line objects to draw a table around the group section( Right-Click on Report -> Insert -> line ) 2. Where exactly did you place the formula? a. Right-Click on Details Section -> Report -> Section Expert -> Select Details in the Sections list -> Select color TAB -> Check BackGround Color -> click small Button beside colors ComboBox for formula workshop . ( wrote that above formula ) Thanks.
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 04 May 2009 at 6:48am
	Still not sure exactly how this is functioning othe than perhaps your "table" is only in one grouping and not another. If this is the case you can add another condition into the formula to only highlight every other row under that conditin also. something like: *if RecordNumber mod 2 = 0 and {table.field}=condition* then crSilver else crNoColor** if that does not work can you explan your set up more and conditionally where you need it to color and not color?
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lockwelle Moderator Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4372	Posted: 05 May 2009 at 6:05am
	It sounds like you applied the alternating color scheme to the details section, but you drew your table around a group section... If you only want the group section to alternate, you would need to put the color formula on the group section. If I have this right, your formula might give inconsistent results as the record numbers might all be even or odd, depending on the detail records below them. If so, you might want to change to a shared variable to use as a counter.
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skailey Newbie Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Posted: 13 Jul 2009 at 1:24pm
	Hey everyone.. I am new here and stumbled across this thread and I hope you can help me. I have a similar situation, however, I have records that may have multiple rows, or may not. I need the details section to alternate based on the record, not the row. For example: record A record A record A record B record C record C record D record D record D I have played around with it and don't seem to be able to get it quite right. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 13 Jul 2009 at 1:41pm
	Create a Running Total as: Name="ColorCounter" (or whatever you want) Field to summarize= RECORD A, B , C field (from above) Type of Summary is = COUNT Evaluate as= On change of field (same field as above) RESET = Never. You can place this on your detail row to validate it and it should look like this: record A 1 record A 1 record A 1 record B 2 record C 3 record C 3 record D 4 record D 4 record D 4 Now you can use the conditional formula to change your color as: if {#ColorCounter} mod 2 = 0 then crBlue else crBlack To change the ink color for the field REcord A,B,C... right click on it, select Format Field. Click on the Font Tab Click on the Color Formula and add in: if {#ColorCounter} mod 2 = 0 then crBlue else crBlack To Bold it add the formula in the Style option (just above the color option) as: if {#ColorCounter} mod 2 = 0 then crBold else crRegular Edited by DBlank - 13 Jul 2009 at 1:46pm
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skailey Newbie Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Posted: 13 Jul 2009 at 1:54pm
	Works like a charm. Thank you!
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skailey Newbie Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Posted: 28 Sep 2009 at 11:23am
	Hello, I am back and I am now needing to modify how this is working for my report. I am now supressing loans in the detail section of the report where I was not doing so before. It worked great when I wasn't supressing anything from the detail section, but now that I am, the color coding below is still working on all records, instead of those that are just showing up in the detail section (that do not meet the supression criteria). Any ideas on how I can apply this to those loans that don't meet the supression criteria? Thanks for your help!
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DBlank Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9053	Posted: 28 Sep 2009 at 11:41am
	Change your RT evaluation to use a formula. The formula will be 2 parts. The first part is your condition to show the row (opposite of your suppress condition) and the second is on change of the field as next(record ABCfield)<>recordABCfield
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