Variable substitution in text formating

Hello everybody!
I'm a real beginner in APEX without Java knowledge.
In my aplication I have a text-field P8_KONTA and a hidden text P8_COLOR containing a colorname (red, yellow or green). Depending on the value of P8_color I want to format the color of P8_KONTA. For this I entered style="color:#P8_COLOR#" into HTML Form Element Attributes, but #P8_COLOR# wasn't replaced by it's value during execution.
Do you have a simple solution for my problem?
Thanks for help
Regards Pietja

Hi Pietja,
I think you need to use the &. notation.
style="color:&P8_COLOR."
Regards
Michael
Edited by: MKii on Jun 8, 2009 10:39 AM

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