My guess is that that BACKCOLOR directive you have created uses code that is run in the EvaluateContents method to change the backcolor of text. However, EvaluateContents is NOT fired for shapes .. only expression fields. Therefore, the BACKCOLOR directive will not work on shapes.

To dynamically change the color of the shapes you can upgrade to SP2 and take advantage of the feature built in to the product. Otherwise, you will have to create a different directive that uses GDI+ to draw the shapes in whatever color you want instead of letting the VFP Report Writer draw the shape in the defined color.

Cathy Pountney




>Hello everybody
>In my report i manipulate the backcolor of all textboxes in a row with the following in the user field.(prg_render is a example found somewhere in the net)
>*:LISTENER||BACKCOLOR|| ICASE(listwahl.feiertag1 <> ' ',255,
>SUBSTR(listwahl.tag1,4,2) = 'So',12632256,
>SUBSTR(listwahl.tag1,4,2) = 'Sa',12632256,16777215)
>
>I call my report with:
>loListener = newobject('MyReportListener_Directives','prg_render.prg')
>loListener.AllowModalMessages = .t.
>loListener.DynamicLineHeight = .t.
>loListener.ListenerType = 1
>report form b_myreport.frx TO PRINTER PROMPT preview object loListener
>
>Holidays get red backcolor,weekend grey backcolor
>Everything works as expected.
>
>Now i tried to put a shape around my detail record and manipulate the backcolor of this shape, not the backcolor of every textbox.
>But the shape never changes its backcolor.
>I has nothing to do with the icase...
>*:LISTENER||BACKCOLOR||12632256 should change every shape to backcolor grey, but no success
>Is there a difference between handling textboxes and shapes ??
>What do i miss?
>Any help welcomed
>Best regards
>Albert