disable group of checkboxes if....

J

JethroUK©

i want to disable a group of checkboxes (read-only) when a date is completed
(condition changes per record & updated every record change - form_current
event)

i dont want to enable/disable each checkbox individually (because of the
frequency) - and i want them still visible in either state

usually i cover such group with a label and switch it's visibilty on/off:

LableCoveringCheckboxes.visible = isnull(mydate)

but in this case i still need to see/read them (tried a transparent label
but this leaves checkboxes enabled as well as visible)

i have tried sitting them all on a frame - but i can't seem to associate
existing boxes with it - unlike VB, Access frames seems to have specific
purpose

Any Ideas for a simple switch?
 
M

Marshall Barton

JethroUK© said:
i want to disable a group of checkboxes (read-only) when a date is completed
(condition changes per record & updated every record change - form_current
event)

i dont want to enable/disable each checkbox individually (because of the
frequency) - and i want them still visible in either state

usually i cover such group with a label and switch it's visibilty on/off:

LableCoveringCheckboxes.visible = isnull(mydate)

but in this case i still need to see/read them (tried a transparent label
but this leaves checkboxes enabled as well as visible)

i have tried sitting them all on a frame - but i can't seem to associate
existing boxes with it - unlike VB, Access frames seems to have specific
purpose
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There is no control grouping in VBA, so, unless the options
are in an option group (only one can be selected), you do
need to enable/disable each one separately. This is rarely
a performance problem so the issue is commonly how to do it
in a loop.

Set each control's Tag property to something indicative such
as MYGROUP. Then a procedure like this can be used:

Dim ctl As Control
For Each ctl In Me.Section(0).Controls 'detail section
If ctl.Tag = "MYGROUP" Then ctl.Enabled = IsNull(mydate)
Next ctl
 
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