NAV 5.0 - Colored Backgrounds For Report Fields

MW59

Programming tells me this is impossible... are they correct? Surely, there's a work-around, an add-on, something? Please say it ain't so...

mw [-o<

bbrown

No color on reports. Maybe in 6.0 (NAV 2009) since it will be using SQL Reporting Services for layout.

That's only a rumor I heard. Wouldn't want to break any NDA :-$

MW59

Well, I'm appropriately crushed, but I do thank you for the insight. I may leave this open a little while longer in the unlikely event someone's aware of a deep dark secret that's not known to either of us.

Barring that, I'll keep working on how to deliver the bad news at the customer site. :whistle:

I appreciate your response!

mw

kine

There is only one way around described in one post - using bitmap as a background. Create bitmap which is only gray and have size of the line and use it as background for one section. Than you need just alternate the sections with and without the bitmap to have alternating line background.

Stef-B

I'd suggest to create the Report with Excel-Export option. If you expand the standard Excel Buffer everything in Excel is possible.

MW59

Thank you all. I'll take these suggestions and see if I can make them work in the context of the report we must create.

mw

matttrax

You could also use SQL Reporting if they are using a SQL database.

Savatage

kine wrote:

There is only one way around described in one post - using bitmap as a background. Create bitmap which is only gray and have size of the line and use it as background for one section. Than you need just alternate the sections with and without the bitmap to have alternating line background.

I remember that one!
http://www.mibuso.com/dlinfo.asp?FileID=272

kine

Savatage wrote:

kine wrote:

There is only one way around described in one post - using bitmap as a background. Create bitmap which is only gray and have size of the line and use it as background for one section. Than you need just alternate the sections with and without the bitmap to have alternating line background.

I remember that one!
http://www.mibuso.com/dlinfo.asp?FileID=272

You have absolute memory?

garak

The only way to use coloured section in Navision is to use bitmaps like Savatage wrote. An other alternative is, to use excel / word or if you have SQL 2000 (with Add-On) or SQL 2005 the Reporting Service. Here you can also "build" graphs.

Regards