horizontal listbox

[mcnewsxp]

don't know if any of you would remember the horizontal listboxes from DOS
programming days, but i was wondering if there was anything like that for
Access?
i am designing a form that has several check boxes ala:

[] yes [] no [] don't know

so i thought a horizontal listbox would make the users happy.
they prefer the electronic fom look as much like their paper form as
possible.

tia,
mcnewsxp

 

[Guest]

It all depends on what you want to do with the different 'rows'.
Will the number of rows vary?
Do you want to be able to select just one or multiple ones?

One option would be to use a row of command buttons; you could tab from one
to the other? You could make them toggle buttons.

-Dorian

 

[mcnewsxp]

It all depends on what you want to do with the different 'rows'.

Will the number of rows vary?
Do you want to be able to select just one or multiple ones?

one row per question

One option would be to use a row of command buttons; you could tab from
one
to the other? You could make them toggle buttons.

toggle buttons?
can they react as a group like radio buttons?

 

[Jeff Boyce]

I may not have the same definition of "listbox"...

Is there a reason you are not looking into an option group, with the
"choices" looking like checkboxes instead of radio buttons?

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Office/Access MVP

 

[mcnewsxp]

I may not have the same definition of "listbox"...

Is there a reason you are not looking into an option group, with the
"choices" looking like checkboxes instead of radio buttons?

that might work.
i've inheritted this app and the previous developer used a combobox which
the users do not like.
i want to avaoid making changes to the sql backend.