Changing background color of TextDisplayObject in a MatrixCell

Panorama X
#1

In a calendar, which is a structured Matrix, I have 2 TextDisplayObjects in each Matrix cell. I can manually change the background color and opacity in the Appearance panel, and I can see where those values are in the Blueprint, but what I would like to do is change the color & Opacity based on a lookup( in the database that the calendar’s events are based on.

So every calendar day has 2 TextDisplayObjects. Each objects colors will vary depending on attributes of the events that are displayed in that object.

At this moment, I see that each object is ‘ChangeObject 10’ or 'ChangeObject11" in the matrix cell. But will that change and how do I interact that with the individual cells of the calendar.

How would this be done?

#2

Anything that’s going to change from one cell to another, is going to have to be based on a formula, and object properties aren’t formula based. It takes a command to change them. I think the best you could do would be to put an image display object behind the text display object, and set its color with a formula. I don’t see any way to change opacity from cell to cell.

#3

Bingo – that is the only way this can be done.