---
title: "Alternate Rows (Other Properties) - Lasernet 9 Form Editor Training"
slug: "alternate-rows-other-properties"
description: "Learn how to apply the Alternating tool to detect available pattern(s) so you can design a table in the output by highlighting odd and even rows."
tags: ["Form Editor", "Lasernet 9 ", "Row shading"]
updated: 2026-03-06T08:01:11Z
published: 2026-03-06T08:01:11Z
canonical: "kb.lasernetgroup.com/alternate-rows-other-properties"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Alternate Rows (Other Properties)

**Applies to:** Lasernet 9

In this exercise, you can learn how to apply the **Alternating** tool to detect available pattern(s), so you can design a table in the output by highlighting odd and even rows (which are actually instance(s) of a pattern) by setting a background color and borders.

The **Alternating** option allows you to detect a pattern in one of the following ways:

- **Odd/Even** – To alternate all available instances belonging to a pattern as odd and even.
- **Odd/Even but not in the Same Pattern** – To alternate the current instance as odd and even but only if the previous one belongs to another pattern.
- **Same As Previous Pattern** – To keep instances without alternating.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> This article describes a software version that is no longer supported. Although the software will no longer receive updates or technical support, existing documentation, such as this article, will be retained for reference purposes but will no longer be updated. If you have any questions, contact [Lasernet Support](https://support.lasernetgroup.com/new-ticket).

## Exercise

Download and import the attached configuration called **34. Alternate Rows (Other Properties) in Lasernet Developer 9**. Afterward, navigate to the **Forms** section and open the **Sample** form.

1. In the input, select the **Body_CustInvoiceTrans** pattern, right-click the item, and then select **Properties** in the context menu that appears, or double-click the item. As a result, the **Pattern Properties** dialog opens.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1627561019208.png)

1. Switch to the **Alternating** tab. From the **Detect pattern** drop-down box, select **Odd/Even**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1627561018378.png)

Apply the same setting for the **Body_InventReportDimHistory** and **Body_CustInvoiceDescription** patterns.

1. In the output, open the **Table Properties** dialog on the **Body** tab.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1627561019555.png)

1. To apply the **Alternating** option, use controls of the **Fill** group box. Start by selecting the **First** radio button in the **Current page** group box, and then select the grey color in the **Even color** drop-down box as well as select **No color** in the **Bottom margin** drop-down box. Leave the rest settings of the **Fill** group box unchanged.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1627561018146.png)

Apply the same **Fill** settings for a middle page and then for the last and single ones by selecting the required radio button in the **Current page** group box.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> You are proposed to specify the **Fill** settings for each page separately as the rest settings of the table body differ for each page. Otherwise, you can specify the **Fill** settings for the first page, for example, and then click the **Apply to all pages** button to apply settings to all pages, but then you need to change the **Top margin** value for the middle and last pages, as well as the **Bottom border** value for the last and single pages, to restore their initial values.

Once you are done, click the **OK** button.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> If you want to preview a table in the output with settings you have specified but not applying them, click the **Preview** button.

The following image illustrates the table body with the applied settings:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/1627561018806.png)

## Attachments

- [34.-Alternate-Rows-Other-Properties.lnconfigx](https://cdn.document360.io/c831ef63-c6b3-48ee-b443-3e33644e4e2e/Images/Documentation/34.-Alternate-Rows-Other-Properties.lnconfigx)