[AccessD] Disabling an Option Group

[John Colby]

I can't find it either but... I was on a zoom call this week where the
presenter demonstrated how to do this.  I will find it and post how it is
done.  He changed the color of specific lines of a continuous form this way.

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 5:54 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> I can't find an OnFormat  event anywhere on a bound continuous form in
> Access 2021
> ( Not for Form, Detail or a Control)
> .
> Where is it?
>
> On 13 Jan 2024 at 13:08, John Colby wrote:
>
> > 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 12:17PM 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 6:54PM 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 7:29AM 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 11:51PM 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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