dynamicfontbold

[Bertiethedog]

Am i going dippy? dynamicfontbold will not accept a .t. or .f.

error = (data type is invalid for this property)

 thisform.pgfDetails.page6.gridPriv.column1.DynamicFontBold = IIF(RECNO()%2 =1,.t.,.f.)

I thought it only accepted logical expressions

Rich

 

[AndyKr]

Like the other DynamicXXX properties I think you will find it needs an expression that evaluates to .T. or .F., not the result of the expression. Try enclosing the expression in quotes like this:

thisform.pgfDetails.page6.gridPriv.column1.DynamicFontBold = "IIF(RECNO()%2 =1,.t.,.f.)"

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Andy Kramek
Visual FoxPro MVP

 

[Mike Lewis]

Rich,

Andy's right. If you don't have the quotes, VFP will evaluate the expression at the time that you set the property, and the result of that expression (.t. or .f. in this case) will be used as the setting, which is not what you want.

By the way, whenever you have an IIF() where the second and third arguments are .T. and .F. (or vice versa), you can always shorten it as follows:

Instead of this:

IIF(RECNO()%2 =1,.t.,.f.)

you can do this:

RECNO()%2 =1

Note that this is just a general observation, and is not directly connected with your original question.

Mike


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[Bertiethedog]

I did get it to work by putting it into the graphical properties of the grid, I wanted to put it into the init code for the grid. Then at least all the setup is in the same place.

Will try again


Thanks

 

[Mike Lewis]

Rich,

By "graphical properties", I assume you mean the property window that appears when you open the form designer. If so, then you were right to omit the quote marks at the point. It is only when you set the property in code that you need the quotes.

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[Bertiethedog]

Sorry about the delay, I thought I had thanked everybody for their help.

Kind Regards

Richard