Aaron, that's a good idea in general. But our users are a bit hung up on the "round" thing, since that's what they're used to for web and PC surveys. It's a visual cue to interviewers and respondents. After 3 years of hearing the complaints, I finally gave in. :)
In using gadgets, I also realized how utterly silly it was that I was working with almost 1000 form objects (silliness which Ben pointed out many moons ago). I've now consolidated many of my form objects into gadgets, and even implemented custom checkboxes and popup triggers to get the exact feel that our users expect. I know I'll take some flack from this group for such a non-standard approach, but I'm really happy with the results. Cheers, -Mark "Aaron Ardiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: __________ >> We have a survey app. Many people simply expect radio buttons, and won't >> accept pushbuttons as an alternative. So I finally gave in and used gadgets to >> implement this, and that opened me up to a whole new world of Palm UI >> programming. > >use checkboxes - specifying the 'group' on each checkbox so that it is >the same for each checkbox. it gives the exact same feel as radio buttons. >it just doesn't look round :) > > CHECKBOX "Lite" > ID InstFormLiteCheckBox AT (12 PrevBottom+6 AUTO AUTO) GROUP 1 > CHECKBOX "Heavy" > ID InstFormHeavyCheckBox AT (12 PrevBottom AUTO AUTO) GROUP 1 CHECKED > >alas, radio buttons! :) GROUP of 0 = no group. if you check on Lite, it >will uncheck Heavy and vice-versa. isn't this what you are trying to do? > >--- >Aaron Ardiri [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CEO - CTO +46 70 656 1143 >Mobile Wizardry http://www.mobilewizardry.com/ > > >-- >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see >http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
