Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-20 Thread Pete
The problem is solved with no code necessary by simply setting the autohilte property to off, as Marty revealed a couple of days ago. On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Name all your checkboxes with a special 3 character prefix. Have a mouseUp > handler in your card or stack s

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
Name all your checkboxes with a special 3 character prefix. Have a mouseUp handler in your card or stack script: ON mouseUp pMouseBtnNo put the short name of the selectedobject into theObjectName IF char 1 to 3 of theObjectName is "chk" THEN -- for example set the hilite of the se

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Pete
Hi Robert, Still trying different things here to see which seems to work best in these circumstances. I have put a separate label, as you suggest, I think that works well. Pete On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote: > On 18.02.2012 at 13:28 Uhr -0800 Pete apparently wrote: > >

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 18.02.2012 at 13:28 Uhr -0800 Pete apparently wrote: In spite of all that, I share your concerns. Using the autohilite property was a very easy way out of the original question but perhaps the image approach might be better and not a lot more work if I use a behavior script. If I make it loo

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Ken Ray
> I did think about the ui aspects of this and all the points you raise. > The stack in question is very clearly defined in the application as one > where all the information on it is display only and cannot be changed in > any way. There are clearly labelled buttons on the stack that are used to >

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Pete
Thank you Tim, good to know there's a tried and tested way of doing this. Pete On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Tim Jones wrote: > I use a Green / Gray 8x8 button to display on or off status where user > choice is not considered. This has worked well for over 8 years and > there's never a point

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Tim Jones
I use a Green / Gray 8x8 button to display on or off status where user choice is not considered. This has worked well for over 8 years and there's never a point of confusion on the user's end. Tim On Feb 18, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Pete wrote: > I have a stack which is used to show information in

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Pete
Thank you for your thoughts, Ken and Ken. I did think about the ui aspects of this and all the points you raise. The stack in question is very clearly defined in the application as one where all the information on it is display only and cannot be changed in any way. There are clearly labelled bu

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Ken Corey
On 18/02/2012 17:42, Pete wrote: I have a stack which is used to show information in a display only mode, the user is not allowed to change any of the displayed values. I want to use checkboxes in some cases. How can I prevent the user clicking the check box and changing its state? I've curren

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Ken Ray
> I've currently got them disabled to achieve this but I'd prefer them to > have their enabled appearance, just not allow them to be changed. I've > considered making images of the checkbox in its checked and unchecked > state, disabling the checkbox and assigning the appropriate image as its > di

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Pete
Hi Marty, No, you're not missing something, I am!! That works fine, thanks. Pete On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Marty Knapp wrote: > Pete, > Maybe I'm missing something, but could you just turn off the auto-hiliting? > > Marty K > > I have a stack which is used to show information in a displ

Re: Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Marty Knapp
Pete, Maybe I'm missing something, but could you just turn off the auto-hiliting? Marty K I have a stack which is used to show information in a display only mode, the user is not allowed to change any of the displayed values. I want to use checkboxes in some cases. How can I prevent the user c

Checkbox question

2012-02-18 Thread Pete
I have a stack which is used to show information in a display only mode, the user is not allowed to change any of the displayed values. I want to use checkboxes in some cases. How can I prevent the user clicking the check box and changing its state? I've currently got them disabled to achieve th