[AccessD] Disabling an Option Group

[John Colby]

I discovered the other day that there is an OnFormat event which fires for
every line of a continuous form.  In that you can liik at the value of a
field in that record and do stuff...  You might want to investigate doing
it this way?

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 12:17 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, it's a continuous form so if the user selects a header record, then
> all the option groups would turn disabled. A bit confusing for them.
>
> What I did was put code in wherever this option group appears:
>
> Private Sub fldTenantLeaseStepUrgency_Click()
>     If Me.fldTenantLeaseStepHeading = True Then
> Me.fldTenantLeaseStepUrgency = Null
> End Sub
>
> Now the header record has a pale purple background so it's obvious looking
> at the list of steps which ones are headers. And so there's no reason to
> ever click on that field. But if they do nothing happens. And hopefully at
> that point they'll think "D'oh. That is a header record, stupid.  Why am I
> trying to select an urgency?"
>
> (Users (sigh). You never know what they're going to do next...")
> r
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 6:54 PM Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hide a disabled (empty datasource) option group on the header in the same
> > location as the active one. Toggle visibility in the OnCurrent event of
> the
> > form.
> >
> > Charlotte Foust
> > (916) 206-4336
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 7:29 AM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, that would work if the user tried to change the urgency on a
> header
> > > record. But only when that record on the continuous form is selected.
> > >
> > > The client wants a visual cue that the urgency field is not disabled.
> > >
> > > (Clients…you never know what they’re going to ask for next…😛)
> > >
> > > R
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 11:51 PM Gustav Brock via AccessD <
> > > accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Rocky
> > > >
> > > > Maybe you, at the OnCurrent event, could lock the option group if the
> > > > record is a heading?
> > > >
> > > > /gustav
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > Fra: AccessD <accessd-bounces+gustav=cactus.dk at databaseadvisors.com>
> > på
> > > > vegne af Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> > > > Sendt: 10. januar 2024 00:27
> > > > Til: Off Topic <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>; Access Developers
> > > > discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > > > Emne: [AccessD] Disabling an Option Group
> > > >
> > > > Dear List:
> > > >
> > > > I have a continuous form with a procedure - series of steps. Some of
> > > those
> > > > records are "Headings" - not operational steps. Each step also has a
> > > > priority or urgency field which is an option group with five option
> > > > buttons.
> > > >
> > > > I have used conditional formatting to make the background of the
> fields
> > > of
> > > > the heading lines purple - non-heading line fields are white.
> > > >
> > > > Client now would like to have the option group on the heading lines
> > > > disabled. But conditional formatting doesn't appear to be an option
> for
> > > an
> > > > option group. (At least not in Access 2010, which is what I'm using.)
> > > >
> > > > I'm going to give him the bad news that option groups don't
> > > > support conditional formatting. He'll be OK with that.
> > > >
> > > > But...does anyone have any clever or kludgey ideas to give him what
> he
> > > > wants?
> > > >
> > > > MTIA
> > > >
> > > > r
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John W. Colby
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