Use the On Paint Event Like Conditional Formatting

In this Microsoft Access tutorial, we're going to talk about the On Paint event. Now, while you can use it to do the same thing that conditional formatting does, and in fact, it even has more flexibility than conditional formatting, it's got some problems and some drawbacks. So, we're going to talk about that, and I'm going to show you one way to use the On Paint event to supplement conditional formatting, which is really pretty cool.

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Prerequisites

• Intro to VBA: https://599cd.com/IntroVBA
• Conditional Formatting: https://599cd.com/Conditional

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• Reddit Post: https://599cd.com/OnPaintReddit
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