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Is there anyway to have every 2nd row in a table a differnt color to make it more easier to read?

Something like this...

You mean in HTML export? It is probably possible using Javascript to change the layout dynamically.

ok first you need to create a stylesheet for the alternate colours, eg OddRow & EvenRow

then when you're drawing the table in each TD add a class but instead of using the CSS (eg odd or even row) use a variable instead.

Now there will be some kind of FOR loop to draw the table you show, so you would have a line like

if (d % 2 == 0) {cellcolour=EvenRow'} else {cellcolour='OddRow'}

D being your loop variable.

heres an example line i used to build up an HTML tag

hotnews=hotnews+"<td width='20%' valign='top' class=" + cellcolour + ">"+ bold + v_date[d] + "</td>"

later i do a document.write(hotnews) do display the HTML i've buildup.

but really depends on the script you're using and how you can integrate the above into it.

Another solution is to browse the HTML "tree" in Javascript and add a class to the table elements, so the table is built in HTML and only colors are added to Javascript.