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Thread: Checkbox control properties

David Nunnally
Posts: 206

Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 16 Oct 07 3:49 PM

I have a form that has multiple checkbox controls that derive their captions from a databse field. I never realized how many companies have "&" in their name. How can I get a checkbox control to display the "&" instead of "_"?

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Konstantin Vishnevsky
Posts: 97

Re: Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 16 Oct 07 4:07 PM

I am not sure, I haven't tried it, but you could probably do it through code and replace it with it's ASCII code of 38

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Ryan Farley
Posts: 2265

Re: Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 16 Oct 07 4:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by David Nunnally

I have a form that has multiple checkbox controls that derive their captions from a databse field. I never realized how many companies have "&" in their name. How can I get a checkbox control to display the "&" instead of "_"?

You have to escape it with another ampersand. For example:

name = "Farley & Associates"
Checkbox.Caption = Replace(name, "&", "&&")  '<-- Now checkbox's caption is "Farley & Associates"

Make sense?

-Ryan

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David Nunnally
Posts: 206

Re: Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 16 Oct 07 4:36 PM

OUCH Ryan!

That was so simple it hurt!

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Mike Spragg
Posts: 1226

Re: Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 17 Oct 07 3:42 AM

Hey, but what if my name is "Smith && Weston" - won't that loop uncontrollably

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David Nunnally
Posts: 206

Re: Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 17 Oct 07 8:39 AM

I LIKE IT!

I guess a little error handling is on order here!

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Ryan Farley
Posts: 2265

Re: Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 17 Oct 07 4:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike Spragg

Hey, but what if my name is "Smith && Weston" - won't that loop uncontrollably

Actually, it doesn't loop, it would find 2 ampersands and would replace each to be two consecutive ampersands. You'd end up with "Smith &&&& Weston", which would actually come out looking like "Smith && Weston" in a caption of a label or checkbox.

Besides, what kind of name would really have && in it anyway??!

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Mike Spragg
Posts: 1226

Re: Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 17 Oct 07 5:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ryan Farley

Actually, it doesn't loop, it would find 2 ampersands and would replace each to be two consecutive ampersands. You'd end up with "Smith &&&& Weston", which would actually come out looking like "Smith && Weston" in a caption of a label or checkbox.

Besides, what kind of name would really have && in it anyway??!

A company with a stutter p-p-perhaps

)

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Ryan Farley
Posts: 2265

Re: Checkbox control properties Your last visit to this thread was on 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM

Posted: 17 Oct 07 6:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike Spragg

A company with a stutter p-p-perhaps

)

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