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Conditional Formatting on a partial Field

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JamesBBB

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Nov 2, 2005
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Hi There
Im havving a little problem with conditional formatting. Im not sure if its just me!!
Basically on a continuous form there are some records that contain (Incomplete) in the field name. ie

records:
Testing Project
Stress Project
Finalization Project
Release Project(Incomplete)
Sign off(Incomplete)

I would like to conditionally format those records that contain the phrase (Incomplete) in red and Bold.

I have tried using in the conditional formatting dialog
expression is "*" & "Sign off(Incomplete)" & "*"
but it does not work.

Is what I want to do possible and if so, can anyone show me what Im doing wrong

Many thanks

James
 
You say "(ncomplete) in the field name" ... this seems odd. Do you mean that a textbox control equals "(incomplete)" in some cases? Please explain a little more.
 
How are ya JamesBBB . . .

Perhaps:
Code:
[blue]   [Release Project] = "Incomplete"
or
   [Release Project] Like "*ncomplete*"[/blue]


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Be sure to see FAQ219-2884:
 
Thanks Remou, for having a look at my problem, however I have just this minute solved it.

I stated above

expression is "*" & "Sign off(Incomplete)" & "*"

what I should use is as follows:-

expression is [Title] like "*" & "Sign off(Incomplete)" & "*"

It works now.

Just a stupid mistake on my part.

Thanks again though.

James

 
expression is: Like "*(Incomplete)*"

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886
 
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