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.