Background Color Return:

I am writing a report that I need to return a background color for a cell in
a table. The background color depends on what color is named in another
cell. For example, if the cell (Quality_status.value) displays the word
Green then the cell (Quanity_status.value) background color needs to be
Green. I have tried several IIF expressions in the BackgroundColor
properties but none of them seem to work. Please help!!
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Sincerely,
Debo
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Sincerely,
DeboThe only supported property of a field is Value. Therefore you can't do it.
HTH
Charles Kangai, MCT, MCDBA
"Debo" wrote:
> I am writing a report that I need to return a background color for a cell in
> a table. The background color depends on what color is named in another
> cell. For example, if the cell (Quality_status.value) displays the word
> Green then the cell (Quanity_status.value) background color needs to be
> Green. I have tried several IIF expressions in the BackgroundColor
> properties but none of them seem to work. Please help!!
> --
> Sincerely,
> Debo
> --
> Sincerely,
> Debo|||I went to a textbox properties, background color, scrolled to the top to
add an expression. and did
=iif(fields!CompanyName.Value = "Alfred's","Red","Green") and it worked
have you tried
=(fields!Quality_status.Value)
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Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
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"Debo" <debo@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:835302E4-20F1-4D56-A738-9954ED6B346E@.microsoft.com...
> I am writing a report that I need to return a background color for a cell
in
> a table. The background color depends on what color is named in another
> cell. For example, if the cell (Quality_status.value) displays the word
> Green then the cell (Quanity_status.value) background color needs to be
> Green. I have tried several IIF expressions in the BackgroundColor
> properties but none of them seem to work. Please help!!
> --
> Sincerely,
> Debo
> --
> Sincerely,
> Debo|||Hi Wayne,
I thought Debo was trying to read the BackColor property, and you cannot
read any property of a textbox except Value. Of course if you enter the name
of the color in words in a textbox, then you can do it, because you are
reading the Value property.
Cheers
Charles Kangai, MCT, MCDBA
ps - good to hear from you Wayne!
"Wayne Snyder" wrote:
> I went to a textbox properties, background color, scrolled to the top to
> add an expression. and did
> =iif(fields!CompanyName.Value = "Alfred's","Red","Green") and it worked
> have you tried
> =(fields!Quality_status.Value)
> --
> Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
> Mariner, Charlotte, NC
> www.mariner-usa.com
> (Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
>
> I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
> community of SQL Server professionals.
> www.sqlpass.org
> "Debo" <debo@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:835302E4-20F1-4D56-A738-9954ED6B346E@.microsoft.com...
> > I am writing a report that I need to return a background color for a cell
> in
> > a table. The background color depends on what color is named in another
> > cell. For example, if the cell (Quality_status.value) displays the word
> > Green then the cell (Quanity_status.value) background color needs to be
> > Green. I have tried several IIF expressions in the BackgroundColor
> > properties but none of them seem to work. Please help!!
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Debo
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Debo
>
>