>I have a grid column that contains a command button, which launches a memo edit form when clicked. I want to color the caption of the button to be either blue if there is a value in a memo field or black if emtpy.
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>I have tried using:
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>.column32.dynamicforecolor = 'IIF( EMPTY(tmpfcis.fciscomm), "RGB(0,0,0)", "RGB(0,0,255)" ) '
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>But this results in no coloring. If i use the following:
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>.column32.dynamicforecolor = IIF( EMPTY(tmpfcis.fciscomm), "RGB(0,0,0)", "RGB(0,0,255)" )
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>(i.e. no quotes around the IIF) the captions on all of the commandbuttons are blue.
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>I've done this before but cant recall what worked.

Chris,

Drop the double quotes

    .column32.dynamicforecolor = 'IIF( EMPTY(tmpfcis.fciscomm), RGB(0,0,0), RGB(0,0,255) ) '