Setting different text colors within 1 formula field

Post Author: hassan.annous
CA Forum: Formula
Suppose I am interested in coloring each part of a text returned by a formula field with a different color.
For example I have the following string:
Local StringVar Diagnosis := "I am trying to color my text.";
And I would like to color "I am" in red, "trying to color" in blue, and "my text" in green.
Is that possible (using Crystal Syntax)?

Post Author: tyanksar
CA Forum: Formula
Yes, but suppose I have field that outputs this text: "I have 1000 Cars"
The "1000" is dynamic (embeded field), which means it could go to 1000000 (increasing the number of digits) and then shif the word "Cars" to the right. What I need is to color this "1000" .
I do not want to seperate the "1000" to another text box. this will not shift the "Cars" to the right when the digit increases. Also it is not convenient to expand the text box as well, it will look like this: "I have 1000 Cars".
Any solutions?

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