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About Using Expressions in Styles

Style expressions override any default options selected. Only specific words are recognized as style expressions. See Using Style Rule Expressions in the Form Editor for a list of acceptable words.

After adding a control to a form (within the Form Editor), click the down arrow in the Style Rule field, and the Expression Editor appears.

Style Rule Field in a Control

See Using Forms for information about the Style Rule field.

Enter an expression to apply to this style, if needed. You can define what existing style (bold, header, etc.) to apply to a control based on a condition. See Using the Expression Editor for more information.

For example, enter the following expression into the Style field of a list:

$(if Status == "Closed" then "RedStyle" else "LimeStyle")

This returns the row as the red style if the record status is closed and returns the row as the lime green style if it is not closed.

Using Style Rule Expressions in the Form Editor

You can use expressions when defining style rules in the Form Editor. However, style rules only recognize specific words. The following table lists the recognized words:

Rule Name	Rule Value
Default	(leave blank)
Black Combo Box	blkcombo
Blue Text	bluetext
Bold Highlighted	boldhighlight
Bold Label	bold
Bold w/ Horizontal Rule	boldhr
Counter	counter
Header	header
Highlighted Row	highlight
Horizontal Rule	hr
Horizontal Rule Header	hrheader
Light Blue Text	lightbluetext
Light Blue Text Right	lightbluetextright
Link (button)	x-btn-link
Panel Body	panelBody
Panel Body (First Row)	panelBodyFirstRow
Panel Body (No Border)	panelBodyNoBorder
Panel Footer	panelFooter
Panel Header	panelHeader
Red Label	red
Right Label	right
Therm labels bottm	temp-t2
Therm labels top	temp-t1
Vertical Rule	vr
Vertical Rule (long)	vrl
VIP	vip