silver background for null return

Post Author: Eany

CA Forum: Formula

I have XI.

My report needs an 'author' and a 'date' in each page footer.

These fields are retrieved from an SP, and have to be formatted as follows :

Font : Color : Black, &

Border : Background : Silver.

But when spaces or Nulls are returned from the SP for these 2 fields, their print display is blank (i. e. white )

How do I get all Silver in the display, when no return from the SP ?