Adding Color to a ListBox

[ggrewe]

In VFP 9 is it possible to change the color of the text in a listbox dynamically? Sort of like DynamicBackColor in a grid.

Basically I want to change the text color list item if a particular value is true.

I have tried the following to no avail;

FOR i = 1 TO .lstAttendeeName.ListCount
	IF !EMPTY(.lstAttendeeName.List[i,5])
		THISFORM.lstAttendeeName.List[i].ItemForeColor = "RGB(128,255,128)"
	ENDIF
ENDFOR

Greg Grewe
West Chester, Ohio

 

[Mike Lewis]

Greg,

No, you can't address the individual list items in that way.

The closest you can get to it is to use the DEFINE POPUP command to create a popup, with whatever colours you like for the items. Then create your listbox, set its RowSourceType to 9, and its RowSource to the name of the popup.

However, that approach is very limited, and in any case I don't think it meets your main requirement, which is change the colour of a row dynamically. But it might be worth exploring.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My sites:
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[ggrewe]

Thanks Mike, I appreciate your feedback. If I try that, I will let you know. Have a good week.



Greg Grewe
West Chester, Ohio

 

[Mike Lewis]

Greg,

Another possibility would be disable the items that you want to show in a different colour. Then set the listbox's DisabledItemForeColor and DisabledItemBackColor to the colours you want.

The trouble with that is that the user won't be able to select the coloured items.

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My sites:
Visual FoxPro (www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk)
Crystal Reports (www.ml-crystal.com)

 

[ggrewe]

Thanks Mike, I did try this over the weekend and though it did work, you are right, the user could not select the disabled item. I may just use a grid and remove the grid lines instead. Should work the same way. Thanks again!



Greg Grewe
West Chester, Ohio