what event is considered FormattingIdle mode?

[Hootsawn]

I am attemping to change a BoxObject's .fillcolor in the Section_format event. I get a RTE 70 'Permission denied'. When I look up the FillColor property in the documentation, it says that it "can be written only when formatting idle". So I am thinking that the Section_format event is either FormattingActive or FormattingInactive mode. My question is, what event is considered FormattingIdle mode?

I am using CR85, RDC & VB6.

 

[IdoMillet]

You'd be in idle mode when the viewer is no longer busy (CRViewer1.IsBusy = False). However, in order to be allowed to change the report design, you may need the special report creation license...

- Ido

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[Hootsawn]

Thanks Ido.

I tried checking the .IsBusy, but it was never false. Is there another event (instead of Section_format) that I could access that the .IsBusy would be false?

Or maybe a different approach would be to set the box.fillcolor at design to conditionally change at runtime. Only I can't seem to conditionally set a .fillcolor. Any ideas?

 

[IdoMillet]

By definition, the sectionformat event is never an idle situation.

- Ido

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[Hootsawn]

Good to know. Thanks adain.

I went a different direction. Conditionally set the background color, make the first box transparent, then add a white box around everything else. Seems backwards, but it works.