[AccessD] Data-driven option buttons

Hi Arthur:

The only thing you may be concern with is the gaps left on the screen when
options are turned off but you can handle by setting the Top and Left
properties on each object

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of artful at rogers.com
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:43 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Data-driven option buttons

It turned out to be trivial to populate the labels for the option group. In
addition, the large problem with a combo box is that only one option is
visible at a time. Given that only one question will be visible at a time,
screen real estate is definitely not the issue, so my UI preference opts for
an option group -- you can see all the available choices at once, which I
deem superior in this context (not all contexts, of course, but in this
one). As to simpler, I can't imagine that it gets much simpler than this:

<code>
Private Sub Form_Current()
    With Me
        If Not .NewRecord Then
            .Answers_frame.Visible = True
            .Option5.Visible = Not IsNull(.Answer5)
            .Answer5_lbl.Caption = Nz(.Answer5, "")
             .Option4.Visible = Not IsNull(.Answer4)
            .Answer4_lbl.Caption = Nz(.Answer4, "")
             .Option3.Visible = Not IsNull(.Answer3)
            .Answer3_lbl.Caption = Nz(.Answer3, "")
             .Option2.Visible = Not IsNull(.Answer2)
            .Answer2_lbl.Caption = Nz(.Answer2, "")
             .Option1.Visible = Not IsNull(.Answer1)
            .Answer1_lbl.Caption = Nz(.Answer1, "")
        Else
            .Answers_frame.Visible = False
        End If
    End With
End Sub
</code>


----- Original Message ----
From: Andy Lacey <andy at minstersystems.co.uk>
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:03:40 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Data-driven option buttons

My first question, Arthur, would be "can't you use a combo-box"? Be SOOOO
much simpler.

--
Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk





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