Specify colors in drop down lists

A client has requested that their drop down menu options are color coded - is this possible? As an example, they have a drop down with 3 choices (Completed, In Progress, Not Started). They want to attribute a color to each option (ie Complete - Green, In Progress - Yellow, Not Started - Red) so that when the form is filled out - a glance at the form provides a quick reference as to the status of all of their projects. Is this possible? Thanks...

Here's a script that you can use as the custom Validate script for the dropdowns. It assumes there are only the three items that you mentioned and set the background color to red, yellow, or green, which will be easier to notice than the font color.
// Custom Validate script for dropdown
// Determine the background color
var f_color = color.red;
if (event.value === "In Progress") f_color = color.yellow;
if (event.value === "Complete") f_color = color.green;
// Set this field's background color
event.target.fillColor = f_color;

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The easiest way to do this is to define a domain for Gender that maps to
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From: David Wilbur[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 1997 2:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Using Drop-Down List in Express Application
To: [email protected]
cc:
Subject: Using Drop-Down List in Express Application
On an Express generated Form window I want to use a drop-down list to
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David Wilbur email: [email protected]
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You have to make some changes according to your system i am using
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I am new to OOPS ,
I want to display drop down list for a particular field in my output, so I am using OOPS but in my below code
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Also advice me how to display drop down list in a particular field.
Please advice
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Hi Karthik,
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      it_outtab       = gt_outtab.
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<-- p2        text
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ls_dropdown-value = '01 Pink'.
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ls_dropdown-value = '02 Yellow'.
APPEND ls_dropdown TO lt_dropdown.
ls_dropdown-handle = '1'.
ls_dropdown-value = '03 Green'.
APPEND ls_dropdown TO lt_dropdown.
ls_dropdown-handle = '1'.
ls_dropdown-value = '04 Black'.
APPEND ls_dropdown TO lt_dropdown.
ls_dropdown-handle = '1'.
ls_dropdown-value = '05 White'.
APPEND ls_dropdown TO lt_dropdown.
ls_dropdown-handle = '1'.
ls_dropdown-value = '06 Blue'.
APPEND ls_dropdown TO lt_dropdown.
ls_dropdown-handle = '1'.
ls_dropdown-value = '09 Other Colors'.
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FORM build_layout .
gs_layout-cwidth_opt = 'X'.
gs_layout-grid_title = 'ALV DROPDOWN LISTS'.
gs_layout-no_toolbar = 'X'.
ENDFORM.                    " build_layout
Hope it is helpful,
Regards,
Soundarya.

Using Drop-Down List in Express Application

To: [email protected]
cc:
Subject: Using Drop-Down List in Express Application
On an Express generated Form window I want to use a drop-down list to
define the list of valid values for a database field. The underlying
database field could have a datatype of either integer or character.
For example, on the database we have a Gender column defined. I want to
use a drop-down list that displays descriptions of "Male" and "Female" for
allowed database values of "M" and "F". The Gender column is updateable on
the window.
Any suggestions on the best way to do this? Would we need to do anything
different on Array windows?
David Wilbur email: [email protected]
University of Windsor phone: 519-253-4232 ext. 2779
Windsor, Ontario Canada
-----------------------------------------------

Hai Please try the following code
You have to make some changes according to your system i am using
MSSqlserver Driver change the class name and the connection string
for your need
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<%@ page language="java" import="java.sql.*"%>
<LINK href="../theme/Master.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<TITLE>ListDrop.jsp</TITLE>
<%!Connection con;
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</HEAD>
<BODY>
<select>
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               con = DriverManager
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                                   "jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://javaserver:1433;DatabaseName=karthi",
                                   "sa", "sa");\\here Connection string
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%>
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     <%
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%>
</select>
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Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback, but it doesn't seem to quite accomplish what I am trying to do. I've tried using global binding as you specified, but the outcome is not exactly what I want. Perhaps this drawing can help depict what I am trying to do:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/153/dropdownlist.png/
On the picture I manually defined the values for the drop down list. Again, I want these values to be taken from "Computer Name" in the table above.
Thanks!

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