Automate Font Color Changes Based on Task Attributes

[AJJA]

My client wants to change the font and Gantt bar colors based on the
estimated property for a given task. I know how to do this with VBA in the
application events, but I need the automation to be "deployable"... thus my
dilemma. I obviously can't just copy event code from my application event
into the global.mpt events.

I am currently using the organizer via VBA to copy (aka- deploy) various
objects into the Global.mpt, but I am really stumped on the font issue. I am
using a custom view with a custom bar style to set the color of the Gantt bar
based on a task's estimated property. But is there a way to do the same for
the task's font color??? Help!!

Thanks!

 

[JD]

My client wants to change the font and Gantt bar colors based on the
estimated property for a given task. I know how to do this with VBA in
the
application events, but I need the automation to be "deployable"... thus
my
dilemma. I obviously can't just copy event code from my application event
into the global.mpt events.

I am currently using the organizer via VBA to copy (aka- deploy) various
objects into the Global.mpt, but I am really stumped on the font issue. I
am
using a custom view with a custom bar style to set the color of the Gantt
bar
based on a task's estimated property. But is there a way to do the same
for
the task's font color??? Help!!

Thanks!

No, sorry, you can't set the font color using custom field calculations.
Would an indicator work just as well? Font coloring is poor in so many ways
(you can't read the property, you can't see it when you print in greyscale,
colorblind people have issues with it. etc.)

-Jack Dahlgren