Hiya df,

I might take that route. I really don't like all the fussing around trying to get VFP to do something it's not designed to do. OTOH, I kind of like the idea of giving the users a visual clue for 'must enter' type fields.

Maybe a new thread on this subhect would help a bit..

Thanks again Dave!


>DD,
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>Hows about using a slightly different visual cue:
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>BorderColor = 0,255,255
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>Then toggle SpecialEffect between 1-Plain for no selection and 0-3d for has a selected value.
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>>Anyone 'out there' ever come up with a cool way to dynamically change the background color for Radio Button Option Groups?
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>>I'd like to have an option group with 'n' radio buttons that, when one has not been chosen (value=0) that the background color inside the radio buttons are color 0,255,255 (lightish blue) and their normal color when one of the buttons has been chosen.