Colour a cell in a report when mouse is over it

Hi to everyone,

Is it possible (and if so, how should it be done?) to change some settings (i.e. the background colour) when user puts the mouse over a cell?

Thanks in advance,

Jesus M

Sorry, let me be more specific. I am using Visual Studio 2005 to develop an RDL file so as to upload it to a Report Server. The control I am using is a Table, although I could use any other (Matrix, for example) if needed for acomplish this :-)

Thanks again

colors

Does anyone know if you can update background colors in RS 2005 using hex
values? It looks like you can only assign named colors. When I go to
custom colors and use the palette and assign a custom color, RS puts a hex
value in the expressio box, but it returns an error that it is an
un-recognized color.
Thanks
BillBill,
In theory you can use an expression for the background colour.
I have tried expressions like =rgb(255,0,255) which the Expression
Editor accepts as a syntactically correct expression. Stylistically
it's a bit overpowering! :)
However, although the expression shows in the textbox for the
BackgroundColor property in the Properties pane it is ignored when
previewing.
I assume it is a bug in September CTP.
Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:54:18 -0700, "wsaHarem" <spammers@.screwYou.com>
wrote:
>Does anyone know if you can update background colors in RS 2005 using hex
>values? It looks like you can only assign named colors. When I go to
>custom colors and use the palette and assign a custom color, RS puts a hex
>value in the expressio box, but it returns an error that it is an
>un-recognized color.
>Thanks
>Bill|||A color value in RDL is a either a color name or a hex HTML color string of
the form #HHHHHH. See also:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/colors/colors.asp
If you want to use the RGB function, you would need to convert the resulting
integer into a string. I.e.
=String.Format("#{0:x6}",RGB(255, 0, 255))
-- Robert
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]" <SVGDeveloper@.aol.com> wrote in message
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> Bill,
> In theory you can use an expression for the background colour.
> I have tried expressions like =rgb(255,0,255) which the Expression
> Editor accepts as a syntactically correct expression. Stylistically
> it's a bit overpowering! :)
> However, although the expression shows in the textbox for the
> BackgroundColor property in the Properties pane it is ignored when
> previewing.
> I assume it is a bug in September CTP.
> Andrew Watt
> MVP - InfoPath
>
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:54:18 -0700, "wsaHarem" <spammers@.screwYou.com>
> wrote:
>>Does anyone know if you can update background colors in RS 2005 using hex
>>values? It looks like you can only assign named colors. When I go to
>>custom colors and use the palette and assign a custom color, RS puts a hex
>>value in the expressio box, but it returns an error that it is an
>>un-recognized color.
>>Thanks
>>Bill
>|||Thanks, Robert.
Unfortunately the Expression Editor doesn't like your code (or my
attempts to correct it). Versions which the Expression Editor likes
seem to be ignored in display.
Nor have I found a way to express a custom colour using the Hex
notation that actually displays.
Any further suggestions?
Thanks
Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:54:20 -0700, "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]"
<robruc@.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>A color value in RDL is a either a color name or a hex HTML color string of
>the form #HHHHHH. See also:
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/colors/colors.asp
>If you want to use the RGB function, you would need to convert the resulting
>integer into a string. I.e.
>=String.Format("#{0:x6}",RGB(255, 0, 255))
>
>-- Robert
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
>"Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]" <SVGDeveloper@.aol.com> wrote in message
>news:m8i9l1l10dtp2c27q35bpdmmujkleb97mf@.4ax.com...
>> Bill,
>> In theory you can use an expression for the background colour.
>> I have tried expressions like =rgb(255,0,255) which the Expression
>> Editor accepts as a syntactically correct expression. Stylistically
>> it's a bit overpowering! :)
>> However, although the expression shows in the textbox for the
>> BackgroundColor property in the Properties pane it is ignored when
>> previewing.
>> I assume it is a bug in September CTP.
>> Andrew Watt
>> MVP - InfoPath
>>
>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:54:18 -0700, "wsaHarem" <spammers@.screwYou.com>
>> wrote:
>>Does anyone know if you can update background colors in RS 2005 using hex
>>values? It looks like you can only assign named colors. When I go to
>>custom colors and use the palette and assign a custom color, RS puts a hex
>>value in the expressio box, but it returns an error that it is an
>>un-recognized color.
>>Thanks
>>Bill
>|||The expression is valid - just try to run the report. The expression editor
marking the expression as invalid at design time is a bug.
-- Robert
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]" <SVGDeveloper@.aol.com> wrote in message
news:vifcl1t2g9o34g6utcdsphe3u1rq6vkcqn@.4ax.com...
> Thanks, Robert.
> Unfortunately the Expression Editor doesn't like your code (or my
> attempts to correct it). Versions which the Expression Editor likes
> seem to be ignored in display.
> Nor have I found a way to express a custom colour using the Hex
> notation that actually displays.
> Any further suggestions?
> Thanks
> Andrew Watt
> MVP - InfoPath
> On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:54:20 -0700, "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]"
> <robruc@.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>A color value in RDL is a either a color name or a hex HTML color string
>>of
>>the form #HHHHHH. See also:
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/colors/colors.asp
>>If you want to use the RGB function, you would need to convert the
>>resulting
>>integer into a string. I.e.
>>=String.Format("#{0:x6}",RGB(255, 0, 255))
>>
>>-- Robert
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>rights.
>>
>>
>>"Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]" <SVGDeveloper@.aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:m8i9l1l10dtp2c27q35bpdmmujkleb97mf@.4ax.com...
>> Bill,
>> In theory you can use an expression for the background colour.
>> I have tried expressions like =rgb(255,0,255) which the Expression
>> Editor accepts as a syntactically correct expression. Stylistically
>> it's a bit overpowering! :)
>> However, although the expression shows in the textbox for the
>> BackgroundColor property in the Properties pane it is ignored when
>> previewing.
>> I assume it is a bug in September CTP.
>> Andrew Watt
>> MVP - InfoPath
>>
>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:54:18 -0700, "wsaHarem" <spammers@.screwYou.com>
>> wrote:
>>Does anyone know if you can update background colors in RS 2005 using
>>hex
>>values? It looks like you can only assign named colors. When I go
>>to
>>custom colors and use the palette and assign a custom color, RS puts a
>>hex
>>value in the expressio box, but it returns an error that it is an
>>un-recognized color.
>>Thanks
>>Bill
>>
>|||Thanks, Robert.
There also seem to be bugs in the Layout tab and in the Preview tab
relating to this.
I will wait and see what the situation is in RTM then, if necessary,
post some bugs to Product Feedback Center then.
Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:29:49 -0700, "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]"
<robruc@.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>The expression is valid - just try to run the report. The expression editor
>marking the expression as invalid at design time is a bug.
>-- Robert
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>"Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]" <SVGDeveloper@.aol.com> wrote in message
>news:vifcl1t2g9o34g6utcdsphe3u1rq6vkcqn@.4ax.com...
>> Thanks, Robert.
>> Unfortunately the Expression Editor doesn't like your code (or my
>> attempts to correct it). Versions which the Expression Editor likes
>> seem to be ignored in display.
>> Nor have I found a way to express a custom colour using the Hex
>> notation that actually displays.
>> Any further suggestions?
>> Thanks
>> Andrew Watt
>> MVP - InfoPath
>> On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:54:20 -0700, "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]"
>> <robruc@.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>A color value in RDL is a either a color name or a hex HTML color string
>>of
>>the form #HHHHHH. See also:
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/colors/colors.asp
>>If you want to use the RGB function, you would need to convert the
>>resulting
>>integer into a string. I.e.
>>=String.Format("#{0:x6}",RGB(255, 0, 255))
>>
>>-- Robert
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>rights.
>>
>>
>>"Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]" <SVGDeveloper@.aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:m8i9l1l10dtp2c27q35bpdmmujkleb97mf@.4ax.com...
>> Bill,
>> In theory you can use an expression for the background colour.
>> I have tried expressions like =rgb(255,0,255) which the Expression
>> Editor accepts as a syntactically correct expression. Stylistically
>> it's a bit overpowering! :)
>> However, although the expression shows in the textbox for the
>> BackgroundColor property in the Properties pane it is ignored when
>> previewing.
>> I assume it is a bug in September CTP.
>> Andrew Watt
>> MVP - InfoPath
>>
>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:54:18 -0700, "wsaHarem" <spammers@.screwYou.com>
>> wrote:
>>Does anyone know if you can update background colors in RS 2005 using
>>hex
>>values? It looks like you can only assign named colors. When I go
>>to
>>custom colors and use the palette and assign a custom color, RS puts a
>>hex
>>value in the expressio box, but it returns an error that it is an
>>un-recognized color.
>>Thanks
>>Bill
>>
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