Patti,

If these controls can all be situated near each other, locate an Enhanced
Panel, put all the controls on the panel, and use a single property command
to make the whole panel and everything on it visible or invisible.

Bill

(sent from Android mobile)
On Jan 25, 2015 4:05 PM, "Doug Hamilton" <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hi Patti -
> Give each of the static text and radio groups component IDs that have the
> same first x number of characters, then you can use a wild card in the
> PROPERTY command:
> e.g.
> You might name the Static Texts cidST1, cidST2, cidST3a, cidST3b, cidST4,
> etc
> The radio Groups can the same IDs also - cidST1, cidST2, etc.
> The "cid" prefix is part of my own naming convention for ComponentIDs.
>
> Then issue a PROPERTY cidST* VISIBLE 'TRUE' and they would all be visible,
> 'FALSE' makes them invisible.
> You could issue PROPERTY cidST3* VISIBLE 'TRUE' to make only cidST3a and
> cidST3b visible.
> PROPERTY cidST3a VISIBLE 'FALSE' would make only that one question
> invisible.
>
> Be sure you use the correct wild card - type SHOW at the R> and look for
> MANY.
>
> I'm not sure about your second question...make sure the DBEdit is not
> buried under the radio group.  Right-click the DBEdit and click Bring to
> Front; you could then right-click it and make it Hide On Startup.  Use the
> PROPERTY [componentid] VISIBLE 'TRUE' when they click the appropriate radio
> button.
>
> Happy Sunday,
> Doug
>
> On 1/25/2015 2:23 PM, Patti Jakusz wrote:
>
>
> I have 8 static text and 8 radio groups that I want to make visible or
> not.  And I have a bunch of sets of these.  Is there a way to tie them all
> together and make them invisible all at once?
>
>  Also I have a couple of radio groups that have "Other" as the last
> button, and then I want to put a edit field for them to describe their
> other choice.  Is there a type of control for this already build.  I tried
> to locate my DBedit field in the radio group box, but that didn't work.
>
>  I really hate this form.  Entering a form on a computer is not how a
> social worker should be getting to know a new client.  But, that is what
> they want.
>
>  Patti
>
>
>
>
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