Check Box

[lead 27]

Hi
I am just wondering if there is any way that you can increase the size of a check box?
I have read that you cant but just wondered if any one knew a way.

 

[stopher]

Hi
I am just wondering if there is any way that you can increase the size of a check box?
I have read that you cant but just wondered if any one knew a way.

Not afaik. However, you can use a couple of images e.g. an empty box and a box with a tick.

Then put an image control (in this case called myImage) on your form with the following code in the On Click event for the image control:

If Me.myCheckBox = True Then
    Me.myCheckBox = False
    Me.myImage.Picture = "C:\myFolder\myUnTickedImage.JPG"
Else
    Me.myCheckBox = True
    Me.myImage.Picture = "C:\myFolder\myTickedImage.JPG"
End If

Note that your original tick box remains in place and can be made invisible.

I've not really spent much time doing this sort of thing so other contributors may have more elaborate methods.

hth
Chris

 

[missinglinq]

Stopher's method is the only one I've ever seen to accomplish this task.

 

[lead 27]

Thank you for your help I will look into that.

Cheers

 

[WayneRyan]

Lead,

You can use a regular textbox, with a font like 'WingDings'. It's pretty easy
to toggle its value from a space to a check with the BeforeUpdate event.

I'll look for an example.

Wayne

 

[WayneRyan]

Lead,

The font is WebDings.

Lower-case "a" is checked.
The space character is unchecked.

Wayne

 

[missinglinq]

Here's a short "how to" for this by Allen Browne.
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-52.html

 

[WayneRyan]

Nice Link Linq,

Wayne