Simple Checkbox Question

[Mary]

Hello,

I have a checkbox on a form (i know very little about
checkboxes) and I wanted it to be unchecked, so i set
triple state to yes. Although id perfer only 2
states "checked/unchecked" because I dont really know
what the third state does. With that, how do i identify
what state the checkbox is in (used for if structure etc)
Thanks

Mary

[Sullivan]

Hey Mary

The easiest way to actually to get what you seem to want
is by using an Option Group. If you use the Wizard when
creating it, it'll ask you what you want to label each
check box, whether or not you want a default (one option
chosen when the form is opened), what value to set each
check box to, and then what you want it to look like.

What this does is that one and only one option can be
chosen at any given time. So, if you did one label "Yes",
and the other "No", each would be assigned a numeric value
(let's say, Yes = 1 and No = 2) so that if Yes is chosen,
the OptionGroupValue = 1, and if No is chosen, the
OptionGroupValue = 2.

Hope this helps!

Sullivan

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>I have a checkbox on a form (i know very little about
>checkboxes) and I wanted it to be unchecked, so i set
>triple state to yes. Although id perfer only 2
>states "checked/unchecked" because I dont really know
>what the third state does. With that, how do i identify
>what state the checkbox is in (used for if structure etc)
>Thanks
>
>Mary
>.
>

[Mary]

Sull,

I know the basics of checkboxes, but in this case, i ONLY
want 1 checkbox, checked/unchecked. and id like to know
the property to see if the checkbox is checked (even if
its in an option group) ie:

if checkbox.checked = true then.....

if checkbox.checked = false then..

ya know?

Mary

>-----Original Message-----
>Hey Mary
>
>The easiest way to actually to get what you seem to want
>is by using an Option Group. If you use the Wizard when
>creating it, it'll ask you what you want to label each
>check box, whether or not you want a default (one option
>chosen when the form is opened), what value to set each
>check box to, and then what you want it to look like.
>
>What this does is that one and only one option can be
>chosen at any given time. So, if you did one

label "Yes",

>and the other "No", each would be assigned a numeric

value

>(let's say, Yes = 1 and No = 2) so that if Yes is

chosen,

>the OptionGroupValue = 1, and if No is chosen, the
>OptionGroupValue = 2.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Sullivan

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have a checkbox on a form (i know very little about
>>checkboxes) and I wanted it to be unchecked, so i set
>>triple state to yes. Although id perfer only 2
>>states "checked/unchecked" because I dont really know
>>what the third state does. With that, how do i identify
>>what state the checkbox is in (used for if structure

etc)

>>Thanks
>>
>>Mary
>>.
>>

>.
>

[Fredg]

Mary,
I assume this check box is unbound.
It seems to me that if you want the form to open with
the Checkbox unchecked, just set the check box
default property to 0 (or False, or No, or Off),
and Triple State No.

Then you can read it in an event on the form
to determine if it's been changed to -1 (or True, or Yes, or Off):

If [Checkfield] = 0 Then
' it's unchecked
Else
' It's checked
End If
--
Fred

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"Mary" <Marygb@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have a checkbox on a form (i know very little about
> checkboxes) and I wanted it to be unchecked, so i set
> triple state to yes. Although id perfer only 2
> states "checked/unchecked" because I dont really know
> what the third state does. With that, how do i identify
> what state the checkbox is in (used for if structure etc)
> Thanks
>
> Mary