Re: programatically set a Radio Button Value in Forms 6i
From: Hilary Band <hband_at_csc.com>
Date: 26 Aug 2002 07:57:42 -0700
Message-ID: <5b489863.0208260657.51eda47d_at_posting.google.com>
> hband_at_csc.com (Hilary Band) wrote in message news:<5b489863.0208230713.3cd4c198_at_posting.google.com>...
> > hap_at_mikomi.org (Adam Hapworth) wrote in message news:<a6cb04db.0208221334.4ec43dc2_at_posting.google.com>...
> > > I have been looking around and I can't seem to figure out how to set
> > > the "radio button value" programatically. What I want to do is this.
> > > I have a user they enter in up to 5 state abrevations in item boxes.
> > > Then they press a button for the work to a request to be sent. When
> > > the request comes back I want to have the radio buttons label and
> > > value be for each of the 5 states they entered. I have already
> > > changed the label but I can not figure out how to change the value. I
> > > have tried set_radio_button_property('group','button',value,'foo');
> > > and that fails. Also tried to set it like :block.group.button :=
> > > 'foo'; and that did not work either. How can I set the value for a
> > > radio button on the fly.
> >
> >
> > The short answer is you can't. By the sounds of things, radio buttons
> > aren't really the best way of displaying the info you want anyway
> > (radio buttons are generally used to display mutually exclusive
> > values, ie you can select only one of them). Maybe text/display items
> > or possibly even a list item are the way to go?
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > H
>
> Wow, One would figure that if you can change anything you could change
> the value. What I have is a tab canvas that I wanted to use the radio
> buttons to modify the query to get the desired results back so the
> user can just click the radio button and get the results they expected
> on the tab pages. Well time to look for another solution.
>
> Adam
Date: 26 Aug 2002 07:57:42 -0700
Message-ID: <5b489863.0208260657.51eda47d_at_posting.google.com>
hap_at_mikomi.org (Adam Hapworth) wrote in message news:<a6cb04db.0208231728.60c6bc3_at_posting.google.com>...
> hband_at_csc.com (Hilary Band) wrote in message news:<5b489863.0208230713.3cd4c198_at_posting.google.com>...
> > hap_at_mikomi.org (Adam Hapworth) wrote in message news:<a6cb04db.0208221334.4ec43dc2_at_posting.google.com>...
> > > I have been looking around and I can't seem to figure out how to set
> > > the "radio button value" programatically. What I want to do is this.
> > > I have a user they enter in up to 5 state abrevations in item boxes.
> > > Then they press a button for the work to a request to be sent. When
> > > the request comes back I want to have the radio buttons label and
> > > value be for each of the 5 states they entered. I have already
> > > changed the label but I can not figure out how to change the value. I
> > > have tried set_radio_button_property('group','button',value,'foo');
> > > and that fails. Also tried to set it like :block.group.button :=
> > > 'foo'; and that did not work either. How can I set the value for a
> > > radio button on the fly.
> >
> >
> > The short answer is you can't. By the sounds of things, radio buttons
> > aren't really the best way of displaying the info you want anyway
> > (radio buttons are generally used to display mutually exclusive
> > values, ie you can select only one of them). Maybe text/display items
> > or possibly even a list item are the way to go?
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > H
>
> Wow, One would figure that if you can change anything you could change
> the value. What I have is a tab canvas that I wanted to use the radio
> buttons to modify the query to get the desired results back so the
> user can just click the radio button and get the results they expected
> on the tab pages. Well time to look for another solution.
>
> Adam
Maybe a list item using a dynamic record group?
H Received on Mon Aug 26 2002 - 16:57:42 CEST