The team has given us the capability to utilize almost any control for anything. The question remains at the developer as to which should be used in a specific situation.
Jan -----Original Message----- From: "Brad Davidson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:22:37 -0700 Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: radio buttons Patti, you are not alone in this discovery process. I have needed a similar requirement by client requests where they want the radio button look, but, in repetitive fashion, wish to run the last selected radio button (eep) again. Upon returning back to the form the radio button remains selected and clicking on it again fails to run the eep, so this is where a “reset” button is handy, ala Razzak’s example! Of course, we have so many ways available to us in R:BASE to accomplish this (e.g., static text launch a file, speed, bit, push, office buttons, etc…) but with “reset” code we can keep the radio group buttons and have it our way, thanks to RBTI. Brad Davidson From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patti Jakusz Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 10:03 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: radio buttons See, this is exactly why I need a user manual. I try to learn by clicking on the icon on the form designer screen and then looking it up in Help. I thought this sounded like it would work. I expected that if you clicked on one in error, you could click it again to un-check it. Thank you all for your help. Patti From: Dennis McGrath <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 8, 2011 12:10 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: radio buttons In Windows, radio buttons are designed to be used in groups where one is always selected and the others are automatically deselected. In situations where you just want to toggle an option ON/OFF a checkbox is the correct control to use. Dennis McGrath Software Developer QMI Security Solutions 1661 Glenlake Ave Itasca IL 60143 630-980-8461 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected] ] On Behalf Of jan johansen Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 11:05 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: radio buttons Patti, It kind of sounds like you tried to create a group using individual buttons. I don't think that a single radio button is appropriate. If you have a yes/no use a checkbox (checked = y, unchecked = no). I use radio groups for 2 and up. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Patti Jakusz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 08:51:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [RBASE-L] - radio buttons Hi, 1) I'm using radio buttons on a form for the first time. I can't figure out how the user can un-check the button if they checked it accidentally. 2) I made a radio button group and then copied it to another area to save time setting up the next group. When I grabbed it and moved it, I was able to move the individual buttons and their text. But once I save it with the new button values and texts, I could no longer move the individual buttons. Is there a way move them after I saved it? 3) The Help Index and Search never seem to have the answers to my questions. I need a user manual. Does Rbase have them on a CD that I could print out? < /div> Thanks, Patti
