Exercise 8.2: Changing the appearance of the subfile

Before you begin, you must complete Exercise 8.1: Starting the WebFacing properties style dialog.

To change the appearance of the subfile:

  1. Back in the Properties dialog, under Style, select Subfile.

    The Subfile properties page opens on the right pane of the dialog.
    Subfile properties dialog

  2. Select Subfile record - odd row in the Subfile areas list.
  3. Under Background, click the .. push button to the right of the Color field.

    The Color Chooser dialog opens.

  4. Select light yellow.
    Color chooser for WebFacing properties

    Tip: If you are interested in the hex value of certain colors as they are used in the style classes, the Color Chooser dialog displays the hex values; see the value "FF FF CC "

  5. Click OK in the Color Chooser dialog.

    You return to the Properties dialog.

  6. Select Subfile record - even row in the Subfile areas list at the top of the page.
    Properties page for subfile even rows
  7. Under Background, click the .. push button to the right of the Color field.

    The Color Chooser dialog opens.

  8. Select a light green.
  9. Click OK on the Color Chooser dialog.

    Now at runtime the odd and even records will be displayed with different background colors. Next you will customize the appearance of the command key push buttons.

You have changed the subfile style and now you are ready to begin Exercise 8.3: Customizing the appearance of command keys.