I don't understand why when i use the group option for radio or checkbox, i
notice the inside box or inside radio become grey color if nothing is select.
I tried if i use regular checkbox and radio it will not that way. Can anyone
explain and how do I make the checkbox or radio with a clear box?

Thanks

"hoachen" <hoachen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I don't understand why when i use the group option for radio or checkbox, i
> notice the inside box or inside radio become grey color if nothing is
> select.
> I tried if i use regular checkbox and radio it will not that way. Can
> anyone
> explain and how do I make the checkbox or radio with a clear box?


The grey normally represents a Null value for the underlying field. A
standalone check box, if bound to a yes/no field, can't normally have a Null
value, so it's always either cleared or checked. If it's unbound, or bound
to a number field instead of a yes/no field, then it can have a Null value
*if* its TripleState property is set to Yes. A standalone radio button will
behave similarly.

With an option group, the only way I know of to have it display all the
options cleared and not grey, even when none of the options is selected, is
to assign a value to the option group frame that is not Null and is none of
the option values. But I don't approve of doing that, as now that control
has a value that is not in the set of values that supposedly are allowed.
That can cause confusion. I would much rather have the option group be
Null, with all the option controls greyed out, or else have one of those
options automatically selected as the default value of the option group.

--
Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
www.datagnostics.com

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