Validation on a data form

I need run a validation on a data form. Basically if the difference between budget and actuals (both of which are on a separate form, but combined on a composite) exceeds 5% I want to highlight the cell in red, or bold the text or something. Can someone point me in the right direction for this?

Depends what version you are on, if it is before 11.1.2 then you would need to write some custom Javascript, 11.1.2 should let you write validation rules to change cell colors.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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[/CODE]
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[CODE]
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