checkbox column width
#1
Posted 04 August 2006 - 03:42 PM
I have tried fiddling with the width settings but to no avail. Also if this is possible we would prefer to have the checkbox centered in the column.
TIA
Caleb
#6
Posted 15 November 2007 - 03:23 PM
Too vague a request....
I want to simply indicate whether a phone number is for a Fax machine. The entries are added in a way that shows the fax as a checkbox (with a tick inside if it's a fax but empty if it's just a phone).
When all the numbers are displayed together within a list box (which calls a Selection screen Function - as added in VIP), the field is set up as a check box but it is displayed in the listbox as a literal - if it's a fax then it's "Y" otherwise it's blank.
It should show a tick in the column.
Another time I've used a checkbox like this was in a paging screen. I tried to follow your suggestion "Add a column place holder: a display only field whose sole purpose is to set the column name and display size. Set the check box within this display only field." But didn't really understand what you meant and couldn't get the column header to be larger than one character after much mucking about. A search of the site didn't reveal anything else.
That principle would apply to the listbox too - the header should be "Fax" and the contents should be a "tick in the box". It's not really asking too much is it?
Thanks Lewis
Donald
#7
Posted 15 November 2007 - 03:59 PM
Sorry Lewis
Too vague a request....
I want to simply indicate whether a phone number is for a Fax machine. The entries are added in a way that shows the fax as a checkbox (with a tick inside if it's a fax but empty if it's just a phone).
When all the numbers are displayed together within a list box (which calls a Selection screen Function - as added in VIP), the field is set up as a check box but it is displayed in the listbox as a literal - if it's a fax then it's "Y" otherwise it's blank.
It should show a tick in the column.
Another time I've used a checkbox like this was in a paging screen. I tried to follow your suggestion "Add a column place holder: a display only field whose sole purpose is to set the column name and display size. Set the check box within this display only field." But didn't really understand what you meant and couldn't get the column header to be larger than one character after much mucking about. A search of the site didn't reveal anything else.
That principle would apply to the listbox too - the header should be "Fax" and the contents should be a "tick in the box". It's not really asking too much is it?
Thanks Lewis
Donald
Checkbox objects will not render in a listbox - BUT - icons will. There is therefore a workaround in that you can display a variable icon in the listbox that conditional sets the graphic to a check or a blank (or what ever else you want). Remember that the icons must be 16 * 16 in size. There are quite a few out there if you google and look for check or tick images.
Hope that helps
#10
Posted 16 November 2007 - 09:49 AM
Thanks Lads
I'll give it a go.
Wonder if Pro IV have plans to make checkboxes render properly in Listboxes in a future version....
Alternatively, you can implement a grid control configured as a listbox - that will
allow use of checkboxes.
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