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    20/2/2020 Dynamic formatting in a VFP9 report

    Dynamic formats in a VFP9 report


    The object-oriented report writer is a powerful tool but it can take a lot of effort to get the best out of Alvechurch Data -
    it. One new feature though is very easy to use. This lets you apply dynamic formatting to rows in a Microsoft FoxPro and
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    We could do this in previous versions of
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    This effect is much easier to achieve in the Visual FoxPro 9 Report Writer:

    Double-click on the textbox to open the Field Properties Window.


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    Set the format you'd like to see when this rule evaluates as true. In this example I've asked for Access and Visual FoxPro
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