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September

How Do I Change the Font Colour of a Field based on a String it Contains in Crystal Reports 2008?

During a recent crystal reports 2008 consultancy project I was asked "How can I change the font colour of a field, if it contained a certain string within it?"

Solution:

To achieve this on needs to use the Crystal Reports string function InStr.

The formula is as follows:

If InStr({Tablename.Fieldname},  "SearchString",1) <> 0 Then CrAqua Else CrNavy

The formula would be attached via the conditional formatting button of the Font Color option for the field

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