Filemaker Pro 9 (123)

Question 1

This set entered on 8-3-14
8.3.14.4
TEXT FORMATTING FUNCTIONS

1. How do you replace Limited Time only with LIMITED TIME ONLY, all in RED and GEORGIA FONT?

Answer 1

By using a TEXT FORMATTING FUNCTIONS

Question 2

2. What function do you use to change the color of text?

Answer 2

TextColor ( First Name ; RGB ( 255 ; 0 ; 0 ) ).

This will change it to RED.

Question 3

3. How does FileMaker think of color?

Answer 3

It sees colors in RGB CODE, which defines all colors as combinations of Red, Green, and Blue, as expressed by NUMERICAL VALUES.

Question 4

4. What are the lowest and highest values of a color, as far as FileMaker is concerned?

Answer 4

0 to 255

Question 5

5. How do you change the FONT in a calculation result?

Answer 5

TextFont ( “Dewey Defeats Truman!” ; “Times New Roman” )

Question 6

6. What if you want to change the STYLE (font, size, italic, underline, etc)?

Answer 6

use TextStyleAdd and TextStyleRemove.

Question 7

7. What function would you use to put certain words in ITALIC?

Answer 7

“Do it with” & TextStyleAdd ( “style” ; Italic )

Question 8

8. What If you want to REMOVE italics from a field?

Answer 8

TextStyleRemove ( My Text Field ; Italic )

Question 9

9. What If you want to Bold AND Italicize a word?

Answer 9

TextStyleAdd ( “WARNING” ; Bold+Italic ). In this case, you just stacked up the PARAMETERS with a “+” sign.

Question 10

10. What if you DON’T WANT to stack up the parameters with “+” signs?

Answer 10

TextStyleAdd ( TextStyleAdd ( “past due” ; Plain ) ; Italic )