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Users want Check Boxes for entry
Hi,
I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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If you use a numeric primary key for your Application_rejected_reasons
table, then you could interface the foreign key field with an option group. The group lists all the reasons, and the field stores the number of the seleted box. The major drawback of this interface is that when new reasons are added later, you have to redesign the form so the option group contains the extra boxes. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Melvis" wrote in message news Hi, I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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Thanks for the quick reply!
I get what you're saying, but I need to make this so they can maybe add a couple reasons without programming, but can definitely CHANGE the reasons at any time. Also, I can't use an option group because there can be more than one reason for an application getting rejected. ~MATT "Allen Browne" wrote: If you use a numeric primary key for your Application_rejected_reasons table, then you could interface the foreign key field with an option group. The group lists all the reasons, and the field stores the number of the seleted box. The major drawback of this interface is that when new reasons are added later, you have to redesign the form so the option group contains the extra boxes. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Melvis" wrote in message news Hi, I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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Hi, Melvis.
Sure, simply create an Option Group control. By default, Access places buttons for each choice, but if the supervisor prefers checkboxes, you can delete the buttons and their labels, and replace them with checkboxes. Simply place the first checkbox within the option group frame, copy it to the clipboard, and paste it as many times as you need. Bind the Option Group to the field in your table that will store the code of the rejection reason (the FK to the RejectionReasons table), and manually change each label and the Option Value property of each checkbox to its appropriate foreign key value. Note that this strategy is only effective if only a single reason is to be entered. If multiple reasons may be checked, looping through the checkbox controls is your best option, perhaps though a Post command button: Dim blnPosted As Boolean ' Flag to avoid duplicate postings of these records Dim ctl As Control blnPosted = False If Not blnPosted Then ' For all controls on the form For Each ctl in Me.Controls ' Determine if the control is one of your checkboxes If ctl.ControlType = acCheckBox Then ' Use the Tag property to distinguish THESE checkboxes from others you may ' have on the form If ctl.Tag = "x" Then If ctl.Value = True Then ' Insert record in your Reasons detail table End If End If End If End If blnPosted = True "Melvis" wrote: Hi, I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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I'm not sure your boss has thought this through.
If an application is rejected for reason 1 (say, Not Skilled), and later reason 1 changes, then any existing records will also change to whatever the new reason is. All existing records will then be wrong. Given the difficulty in adding new reasons, and the meaninglessness of the existing data if the reasons are changed, someone needs to rethink this requirement. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Melvis" wrote in message ... Thanks for the quick reply! I get what you're saying, but I need to make this so they can maybe add a couple reasons without programming, but can definitely CHANGE the reasons at any time. Also, I can't use an option group because there can be more than one reason for an application getting rejected. ~MATT "Allen Browne" wrote: If you use a numeric primary key for your Application_rejected_reasons table, then you could interface the foreign key field with an option group. The group lists all the reasons, and the field stores the number of the seleted box. The major drawback of this interface is that when new reasons are added later, you have to redesign the form so the option group contains the extra boxes. "Melvis" wrote in message news Hi, I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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The gist of the reason would not necessarily change, but some changes would
be made to the wording, such as changes in prices for services and such... "Allen Browne" wrote: I'm not sure your boss has thought this through. If an application is rejected for reason 1 (say, Not Skilled), and later reason 1 changes, then any existing records will also change to whatever the new reason is. All existing records will then be wrong. Given the difficulty in adding new reasons, and the meaninglessness of the existing data if the reasons are changed, someone needs to rethink this requirement. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Melvis" wrote in message ... Thanks for the quick reply! I get what you're saying, but I need to make this so they can maybe add a couple reasons without programming, but can definitely CHANGE the reasons at any time. Also, I can't use an option group because there can be more than one reason for an application getting rejected. ~MATT "Allen Browne" wrote: If you use a numeric primary key for your Application_rejected_reasons table, then you could interface the foreign key field with an option group. The group lists all the reasons, and the field stores the number of the seleted box. The major drawback of this interface is that when new reasons are added later, you have to redesign the form so the option group contains the extra boxes. "Melvis" wrote in message news Hi, I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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Couldn't he dynamically add those checkboxes to the form? There's a reason
table, which means there's a set number of reasons, that can dynamically change on the adding/deleting of reasons in that table. Run through the boxes, add boxes at positions mathematically apart? I did this with a vb project I worked on, and just took the few minutes to figure out the spacing, and voila. "Sprinks" wrote in message news Hi, Melvis. Sure, simply create an Option Group control. By default, Access places buttons for each choice, but if the supervisor prefers checkboxes, you can delete the buttons and their labels, and replace them with checkboxes. Simply place the first checkbox within the option group frame, copy it to the clipboard, and paste it as many times as you need. Bind the Option Group to the field in your table that will store the code of the rejection reason (the FK to the RejectionReasons table), and manually change each label and the Option Value property of each checkbox to its appropriate foreign key value. Note that this strategy is only effective if only a single reason is to be entered. If multiple reasons may be checked, looping through the checkbox controls is your best option, perhaps though a Post command button: Dim blnPosted As Boolean ' Flag to avoid duplicate postings of these records Dim ctl As Control blnPosted = False If Not blnPosted Then ' For all controls on the form For Each ctl in Me.Controls ' Determine if the control is one of your checkboxes If ctl.ControlType = acCheckBox Then ' Use the Tag property to distinguish THESE checkboxes from others you may ' have on the form If ctl.Tag = "x" Then If ctl.Value = True Then ' Insert record in your Reasons detail table End If End If End If End If blnPosted = True "Melvis" wrote: Hi, I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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This would be great if I knew how to add controls programmatically... sigh
hehe "Khai" wrote: Couldn't he dynamically add those checkboxes to the form? There's a reason table, which means there's a set number of reasons, that can dynamically change on the adding/deleting of reasons in that table. Run through the boxes, add boxes at positions mathematically apart? I did this with a vb project I worked on, and just took the few minutes to figure out the spacing, and voila. "Sprinks" wrote in message news Hi, Melvis. Sure, simply create an Option Group control. By default, Access places buttons for each choice, but if the supervisor prefers checkboxes, you can delete the buttons and their labels, and replace them with checkboxes. Simply place the first checkbox within the option group frame, copy it to the clipboard, and paste it as many times as you need. Bind the Option Group to the field in your table that will store the code of the rejection reason (the FK to the RejectionReasons table), and manually change each label and the Option Value property of each checkbox to its appropriate foreign key value. Note that this strategy is only effective if only a single reason is to be entered. If multiple reasons may be checked, looping through the checkbox controls is your best option, perhaps though a Post command button: Dim blnPosted As Boolean ' Flag to avoid duplicate postings of these records Dim ctl As Control blnPosted = False If Not blnPosted Then ' For all controls on the form For Each ctl in Me.Controls ' Determine if the control is one of your checkboxes If ctl.ControlType = acCheckBox Then ' Use the Tag property to distinguish THESE checkboxes from others you may ' have on the form If ctl.Tag = "x" Then If ctl.Value = True Then ' Insert record in your Reasons detail table End If End If End If End If blnPosted = True "Melvis" wrote: Hi, I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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It's easy enough to use the Open event of the form to OpenRecordset into the
Application_rejected_reasons table, and then loop through the checkboxes setting the Caption of the attached label. This example assumes checkboxes named "chk1", "chk2", etc. where the number matches the primary key number of the reason in the table: Dim rs as DAO.Recordset Dim strCtrlName As String Set rs = dbEngine(0)(0).OpenRecordset("Application_rejected _reasons") Do While Not rs.EOF strCtrlName = "chk" & rs!ID Me(strCtrlName).Controls(0).Caption = rs!Reason rs.MoveNext Loop rs.Close Set rs = Nothing -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Melvis" wrote in message ... The gist of the reason would not necessarily change, but some changes would be made to the wording, such as changes in prices for services and such... "Allen Browne" wrote: I'm not sure your boss has thought this through. If an application is rejected for reason 1 (say, Not Skilled), and later reason 1 changes, then any existing records will also change to whatever the new reason is. All existing records will then be wrong. Given the difficulty in adding new reasons, and the meaninglessness of the existing data if the reasons are changed, someone needs to rethink this requirement. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Melvis" wrote in message ... Thanks for the quick reply! I get what you're saying, but I need to make this so they can maybe add a couple reasons without programming, but can definitely CHANGE the reasons at any time. Also, I can't use an option group because there can be more than one reason for an application getting rejected. ~MATT "Allen Browne" wrote: If you use a numeric primary key for your Application_rejected_reasons table, then you could interface the foreign key field with an option group. The group lists all the reasons, and the field stores the number of the seleted box. The major drawback of this interface is that when new reasons are added later, you have to redesign the form so the option group contains the extra boxes. "Melvis" wrote in message news Hi, I am in the process of making a database to track application rejections for a colleague. What happens is people apply for tags, and they need a way to track why the rejections were rejected. They do not track the applications that go through. The table structure seems easy to me, with an Aapplication table, a Reason_for_rejection table, and an Application_rejected_reasons table. Normally for this type of table schema, I would use a subform for them to choose the reasons. But what the supervisor is asking for is like a paper form with check boxes for each reason. She thinks this will be faster and more efficient for her employees when they are entering the rejections into the database. What I am wondering is if there is any way to accomplish waht she wants without pulling out all my hair. Could I use an array of check boxes? If so, how? This way I could at least loop through the check boxes to see which ones are checked rather than writing code for each one. Also, there is the possibility that the reasons could change in the future, so I would need the ability to populate the labels from the Reasons table. Man, this sounds freaky! Any help you could possibly give me on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... ~MATT |
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