Highlighting Records

Highlighting has improved over the years. We now use a very light-weight text object which fits exactly inside the portal row and has the following conditional formatting calculation.

PatternCount ( UIN_FOCUS::GT_ID_FOCUS ; ALX_PROJECT::ID )

If the above formula is true, then we change the fill color on the text object. Otherwise, we do nothing. Thus we achieved a highlight without the need of a field.

Highlighting is normally achieved by running the script:

b focus ( id ; -object ; -refresh )

Without getting too detailed at this time, basically the GT_ID_FOCUS field can hold a unique key for each one of the tables in the solution. Mapping that field to the ID field in each table provides us with a focus on that individual record.