Hi Richard,

One way to do this is to use the onrecordload script trigger as 
suggested by Jonathan, and have it put the record ID into a global 
variable. Say $$recID. Then have the conditional format compare the 
recordID to $$recID. If they are equal set the background.

Hope this helps.
Bruce Herbach


On 1/30/11 8:03 PM, Richard S. Russell wrote:
> On 2011 Jan 30, at 18:46, Bruce Herbach wrote:
>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> I frequently use conditional formatting for this. Tie the conditional format to the ID of the record or another field that is unique field in the active record.
>
> I'd be delighted to be able to do this, Bruce, but when I go to set up conditional formatting, it asks me for a formula to be used to trigger the background color, and all I can come up with is "Get ( RecordID ) = X", where I don't have a clue as to what to put into "X". Clues appreciated.
>
> Sorry if I seem unduly obtuse on this. I'm really looking for a very explicit recipe of exactly what functions and variables to use.