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[chewy]

I for some reason cant get the checkbox to default to checked. im shocked I cant figure it out. Sorry about this!

 

[UKBobby]

Should be straightforward - on the table design set the default to Yes

 

[Mile-O]

On the checkbox's Data Properties there is one called Default Value - set this to True.

 

[chewy]

thats the thing I tried those and they wont work. Now does it make a difference that when the form loads the check box's visible property is set to false then when the printer choice is picked in a combo box it is visible. Everything is saved OK and the data is not erased but it just wont default to true

 

[UKBobby]

Why is your visibe property set to no? If you want to see it on the form surely it has to be set to yes.

 

[chewy]

i dont want them to see the check box at first. What the situation is if the user picks printer from a combo box, I want the user to be able to select if it is a shared printer or not. Otherwise I dont want them to even be able to select it since it would be incorrect data

 

[UKBobby]

Hmmmmm - not even sure how you get the check box to appear when a value is selected in the combo box so the question of setting the default value is a bit over my head. Would like to know how you get it to do this. HNY

 

[WayneRyan]

chewy,

You can set the default value = (-1, Yes, True) or
(0, No, False).

It would seem, especially if the checkbox is unbound, that
it is not getting initialized.

You could use the AfterUpdate on your combo and if they
have selected the appropriate entry, then:

me.checkbox.visible = True
me.checkbox.enabled = True
me.checkbox.locked = False

and optionally

me.checkbox.value = -1

hth,
Wayne

 

[chewy]

thank you for the help...I guess I just missed the obvious answer somehow...it works fine now