colors and tables and fields

[Jan Schenkel]

--- RGould8 at aol.com wrote:
> I've been using fields and tables to create some
> pretty sophisticated dynamic 
> calendaring/scheduling apps.   There's so many
> features in Rev for coloring 
> cells and borders and backgrounds that it's easy to
> get overwhelmed.   Can 
> anyone tell me if there's a way to:
> 
> 1)   Change the color of the background of just 1
> "cell" of a table object - 
> - - not just the background of the text in that
> cell, but the entire cell, 
> from edge to edge.
> 

Not at this point in time ; you'll have to wait for a
true table control to make its way into the engine.

> 2)   I've been using the "topcolor" and
> "bottomcolor" properties to add a 
> red-line to the top of certain text fields.  
> Unfortunately, this also has the 
> effect of adding a red-line to the left of the field
> as well.   Is there a 
> command that will enable me to add a red-line to
> just the top of a field (spanning 
> the whole width of the field), without impacting any
> other edges?   Something 
> like set the topbordercolor of field "test" = "red"
> 

As this would require a lot of changes in color
handling internally, you'll be better off just drawing
a red line graphic at the top of your field.
But you can always take a trip to bugzilla and file an
enhancement request with syntax and implications for
all eight colors that you can set :)

Jan Schenkel.

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"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)


		
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