Format Fields in a Repeating Frame

Hi All,
I have a repeating frame with multiple fields in it. I was trying to change font and size of those character fields when some parameter changes. If I put the "if ... then.." in each field's format trigger, it worked. Since those fields are included in the frame, I was thinking can I just use frame's format trigger to change its fields attributes? Is there anyway I can refer to individual field while using srw functions?
Thanks a lot for any help.

Typically you want to use the following order when dealing with how to manipulate data:
- do it on the server
- do it in the data model
- finally, do it in the layout
If you do want to do this in the layout, then you'll need to keep track of the the previous value in a PL/SQL package variable and set this value in the format trigger. You can then reference the previously set value on the next instance of the repeating frame.
However, this creates difficulties since a format trigger for a single instance of an object may execute more than once (basically when it doesn't fit on the previous page). To get around this problem, you'll need a count column in the data-model to check when you need to update the package variable value in the format trigger.
If you can, take a look at changing your data to calculate this value and just display it in the layout.

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