----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 2:37 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: A couple of form questions
> Thanks, Larry, > > I agree that you can change the order of the objects in the "form" tab order > but they don't stay changed if you do it there. Perhaps there is a need to > request a change so that only objects not in a box appear just as only the > items in a box appear in a "box" tab order. At the same time perhaps the > boxes could be included in the parent tab order. > > The radio in my car doesn't have radio buttons as such any more but I do > have a switch box that I use in my hi-fi set up that rows of radio-type > buttons that behave as you say - push one and the already pushed one > changes. But there is also a row where you can push each one on or off or These would be Checkboxes disguised as Radio buttons. It is the behavior that is key here, not their physical appearance. As Larry has described, this is the expected behavior of the component. Use a checkbox. or use a button that by clicking you can toggle the caption based on the caption at the time it is clicked, like a + (plus) or - (minus) sign. You can do this by using the Property command. > any combination of them on or off. As far as R:Base is concerned I > understand so I'll have to find another way around the problem. > > Regards, > Alastair. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lawrence Lustig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:48 AM > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: A couple of form questions > > > > > Firstly, how do you change the tab sequence when you have more than one > > > Enhanced Group Box on a form? I can set the sequence for each box but > not the > > > sequence of the boxes themselves. > > > > Unfortunately, when you use Change Tab Order on the object containing the > > multiple group boxes (which is usually the form), you will see all the > objects > > in the group boxes and not the group boxes themselves in the list. You > can > > move each of the objects in the misplaced group box separately to its > correct > > order in the sequence. > > > > Alternatively, you can cut and paste each group box. Do the first one > first, > > and the second after, and they will now be in the right order. > > > > > Secondly, I have a single Variable Radio Button on a form that the > variable > > > controlled by it starts off as False/No/Off. If I click on the button it > > > changes to True/Yes/On exactly as expected but a second click does not > return > > > it to False/No/Off. Do I have to have 2 buttons or is there some way to > > > "unclick" the button? > > > > You cannot use a radio button in this way. Radio buttons are just like > the > > radio buttons on your car radio -- you need to click a new one "on" to > turn the > > old one "off". > > -- > > Larry > > > > --- RBG7-L > ================================================ > TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: > INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, > REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n > (where n is the number of days). In the message body, > place any > text to search for. > ================================================ >
