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Lg Ck Box on Continuous Forms
Scott Axton 
        
4 years ago
Kludgy hack or creative work around?
I'll let you be the judge.

Several people have expressed the desire to utilize the Large Check Box in a continuous form.
As you may or may not know, those forms have their own quirks and the controls can do some strange things.
This scenario is no exception.  The solution the Richard gave us works wonderfully in a single form but fails miserably in a continuous form.  If you "check" the box - all records are checked.

So here is my solution.  I feel that the increased aesthetic value and functionality
gained overrides the minimal additional overhead.

Using the IsCleared field from the Check Register TechHelp as an example:

1) Add a new field to your table - Short Text. I named mine CB (Check Box) for simplicity.
2) Bring that new field into your continuous form.  Delete the label.
   Size and format the text box. Change the font to Wingdings 2 as in the video.  Set the Tab Stop to NO.
3) Create a new button and name it. Set Transparent to Yes.  Size it to fit over the top of the CB text box.
   Set the Tab Stop to NO.
4) In the On Click event for the CBbtn I put in the following code:

Private Sub CBbtn_Click()
   If CB = "" Or IsNull(CB) Then
      CB = "P"
      IsCleared = True
   Else
      CB = ""
      IsCleared = False
   End If
   Me.Refresh
End Sub

5) Delete the IsCleared check box and replace it with your new custom check box.

That's it.  Works like a champ for me.  Just like Richard said in one of his other videos, "Kinda cheesy - But it works".
This is a 'one off' solution as of right now.  I have not managed to get the function Richard created working for continuous forms.  If any of you have ideas I'd be interested in your thoughts.
Screenshots on request but it's pretty straight forward.
Adam Schwanz  @Reply  
           
4 years ago
Check Register ;) Top Level Posts
Adam Schwanz  @Reply  
           
4 years ago
Also Creative Workaround ;)
Scott Axton OP  @Reply  
        
4 years ago
Thanks Adam - I forgot bout link in top level.  You're the man!
Richard Rost  @Reply  
          
4 years ago
I love it. Nice workaround. I'll play with it when I get a few free minutes.
Scott Axton OP  @Reply  
        
4 years ago
Quick addition to the original post.
If you already have a working copy of the register with cleared items, in order to have the check box appear correctly you will need to perform an Update Query to the CB field to "P" where IsCleared is True.
Juan C Rivera  @Reply  
            
4 years ago
Super I will do this on Saturday.  Thanks

V/r
Juan
Philip Lombardo  @Reply  
     
4 years ago
Thanx, Scott. Soon after I posted I realized that a text box would probably work. So I did pretty much what you did. I added a one character text field, with default set to "  ". Then did the update query, and everything fell into place. It "only" took me 2 days. You probably did it in a few minutes. But I worked it out by myself, and that felt pretty good.
Philip Lombardo  @Reply  
     
4 years ago
It just hit me that I can use a triple state check box, using the 3rd state to indicate pending transactions. Here goes another 2 days.
Philip Lombardo  @Reply  
     
4 years ago
Since you guys said that buttons are a big problem in continuous forms, I avoided them altogether. My text box (Clr) overlays the checkbox, and I click it to make the change.
Private Sub Clr_Click()

    If Clr = " " Then
        Clr = "P"
    Else: Clr = " "
    
    End If
    
    If Clr = "P" Then
        IsCleared = True
    Else: IsCleared = False
    
    End If
    
       Me.Requery

End Sub

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