At 11:45 PM 10/27/2004, Alex Niblett wrote (in part) >Our users have to make range choices in two places in this application, and >theses two settings are possibly the most used in the entire application. [snip]
If you used combo boxes that had letter-number prefixes for each choice, your users would be able to learn the codes. For example, if you had A1 100 - 399 A2 100 - 799 A3 100 - 899 ... A9 100 - 2100 A0 100 - 2300 B2 400 - 799 B3 400 - 899 ... B9 400 - 2100 B0 400 - 2300 C3 800 - 899 C4 800 - 999 and so on, the user could type B7 to immediately choose 400 - 1799; they'd learn the codes quickly (I think). If they're not sure what the code is, they could type (perhaps) F and be near to where they should be in the list. The ones that are hours, you could perhaps let them type the number (0-23). Problems like this are a PITA....good luck. J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: Essential .NET: building applications and components with C# November 29 - December 3, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/edotnet View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
