Checkbox Selection

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I offer this observation for what it's worth.

I have long looked for a method of displaying a list and providing a
checkbox alongside each row such that a user can select zero to many items
from the list. To date this has always involved building a new work table to
which the list is bound; the table includes an extra column for the checkbox.
Then when the user is finished I open the table and read through the records
taking whatever action is appropriate.

Then the other day it struck me that I can use the TreeView control for the
same purpose. If I enable the checkbox feature, disable the hierarchy lines
and ignore the parent-child functionality I achieve my requirements albeit
that I don't have as much control over the format, etc. When the user has
finished I can read through the nodes and determine which ones have been
selected. I can store a foreign key or object reference in the node tag
property.

Yes, I know I can achieve the same thing with a multi select list box but
the TreeView adds a third way of handling this requirement.

Rod
 
Hi Allen,

I've seen, read and enjoyed your instructive posts on these boards. No,
I've seen nothing of v2007 apart from quickly reading through a kind of
'what's new' in the form of an interview with one of the Access developers.

The Ozzies played well last night - pity about the score that did not do
them justice.

Rod
 
Rod Plastow said:
The Ozzies played well last night - pity about the score that did not do
them justice.
Click to expand...

A friend of mine wrote the runner-up Here Come the Socceroos song. My only
claim to fame ;-)

Keith.
 
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