Trying to change color of text in Access form on textbox using conditional formatting.
I have a textbox called RESULT. It is always a number that is keyed in here.
There is also a PLUS field and a MINUS field that both return numbers.
I want to set conditional formatting to say that when the number in RESULT is greater than PLUS or LESS than MINUS then highlight the text red.
I started out by just trying to get the plus side working so I created this;
It seems to have a problem with numbers that contain decimals.
So when I have a RESULT that is .940 and the PLUS number is .950 it will not highlight the RESULT Red until it is 1.000 or greater.. I would expect it to highlight when it is greater than .950.. So .9501 should highlight red.
Thanks in advance for the help!
There is also a PLUS field and a MINUS field that both return numbers.
I want to set conditional formatting to say that when the number in RESULT is greater than PLUS or LESS than MINUS then highlight the text red.
I started out by just trying to get the plus side working so I created this;
It seems to have a problem with numbers that contain decimals.
So when I have a RESULT that is .940 and the PLUS number is .950 it will not highlight the RESULT Red until it is 1.000 or greater.. I would expect it to highlight when it is greater than .950.. So .9501 should highlight red.
Thanks in advance for the help!
<RESULT that is .940 and the PLUS number is .950 it will not highlight the RESULT Red>
.940 is less than .950
.940 is less than .950
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I tried that initially and its giving me some really wierd results..
Here is a screenshot of what's being highlighted..
Here is a screenshot of what's being highlighted..
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<RESULT that is .940 and the PLUS number is .950 it will not highlight the RESULT Red>
Sorry that may have not made any since..
Basically when the result is not falling within the range then I would like for it to highlight red..
Sorry that may have not made any since..
Basically when the result is not falling within the range then I would like for it to highlight red..
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Oh and in the picture the plus and minus labels should be switched..
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Maybe my PLUS and MINUS fields are note being treated as numbers but rather text? They are created using some VBA that I'm still tweaking on another question.
Can I do something like set up a textbox that will convert them to a number that goes to 4 decimal places?
NewPLUS= ToNumber([PLUS], 0000.0000) ? Something like this perhaps?
Can I do something like set up a textbox that will convert them to a number that goes to 4 decimal places?
NewPLUS= ToNumber([PLUS], 0000.0000) ? Something like this perhaps?
<RESULT is greater than PLUS or LESS than MINUS then highlight the text red.>
setting
expression is [Result]>[Plus] Or [Result]<[Minus]
<Basically when the result is not falling within the range then I would like for it to highlight red..>
the setting will be
expression is [Result]>[Plus] And [Result]<[Minus]
setting
expression is [Result]>[Plus] Or [Result]<[Minus]
<Basically when the result is not falling within the range then I would like for it to highlight red..>
the setting will be
expression is [Result]>[Plus] And [Result]<[Minus]
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Changing it to this doesn't seem to make it highlight anything.. Here is some numbers I through in to see;
Here is the current formatting;
Here is the current formatting;
sorry
the setting will be
expression is [Minus] > [Result] Or [Plus] < [Result]
the same as
expression is [Result]>[Plus] Or [Result]<[Minus]
the setting will be
expression is [Minus] > [Result] Or [Plus] < [Result]
the same as
expression is [Result]>[Plus] Or [Result]<[Minus]
What is the data type of these fields? If they are text fields, you could convert their values to Double values for comparison.
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I'm convinced these fields need to be converted to numbers.. Not sure how to do that though.. It needs to handle up to 0000.0000 if possible..
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Oh and capricorn in response to your latest expression;
expression is [Minus] > [Result] Or [Plus] < [Result]
Here is some results that it is giving me..;
expression is [Minus] > [Result] Or [Plus] < [Result]
Here is some results that it is giving me..;
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or this
expression is CDbl([Minus]) > CDbl([Result]) Or CDbl([Plus]) < CDbl([Result])
expression is CDbl([Minus]) > CDbl([Result]) Or CDbl([Plus]) < CDbl([Result])
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That did the trick! Now its working:)
expression is [Result]>[Plus] Or [Result]<[Minus]