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Hi everybody,

I know this issue has already been posted by others and I viewed all the threads dealing with it, but I still couldn't find the whole answer to my problem.

So here we go:
I have a continuous form named frmEmployees, which has 4 controls: EmployeeNumber, EmployeeName, EmployeeType and Dept. The form is sorted alphabetically and there are 3 employee types. What I need is to have a different background color for each employee type.
If I use the Conditional Formatting, I can have different background color for the EmployeeType control, but I want the other controls in the row also to have the same background color.

Please advise!
Thanks.
Aug 30 '06 #1
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MMcCarthy
14,534 Recognized Expert Moderator MVP
Try this in the Form Load event:

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  1. Private Sub Form_Load()
  2.  
  3.     If Me.EmployeeType = 1 Then
  4.         Me.EmployeeNumber.BackColor = 65280 ' Green
  5.         Me.EmployeeName.BackColor = 65280 ' Green
  6.         Me.EmployeeType.BackColor = 65280 ' Green
  7.         Me.Dept.BackColor = 65280 ' Green
  8.     ElseIf Me.EmployeeType = 2 Then
  9.         Me.EmployeeNumber.BackColor = 16711680 ' Blue
  10.         Me.EmployeeName.BackColor = 16711680 ' Blue 
  11.         Me.EmployeeType.BackColor = 16711680 ' Blue
  12.         Me.Dept.BackColor = 16711680 ' Blue
  13.     Else
  14.         'And so on
  15.     End If
  16.  
  17. End Sub
  18.  
Hi everybody,

I know this issue has already been posted by others and I viewed all the threads dealing with it, but I still couldn't find the whole answer to my problem.

So here we go:
I have a continuous form named frmEmployees, which has 4 controls: EmployeeNumber, EmployeeName, EmployeeType and Dept. The form is sorted alphabetically and there are 3 employee types. What I need is to have a different background color for each employee type.
If I use the Conditional Formatting, I can have different background color for the EmployeeType control, but I want the other controls in the row also to have the same background color.

Please advise!
Thanks.
Aug 31 '06 #2
PeterW
5 New Member
Thanks, but it doesn't work. Anyway, meanwhile the user has changed his requirements and the color issue has been dropped.

Thanks again
Aug 31 '06 #3

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