checkbox values

I would like to make the value of a checkbox that is in a value group display
a text valuer in a field rather than the typical numeric value of 1, 2, 3 and
so on. Something on the order of if a certain box call it Monday is checked
and access made its value a 1 then another field in my table will output a
text value of Monday, rather then showing me the numeric value of 1. I hope
this makes some kind of sense!! Thanks in advance!!

Myron

An option group returns the number as you indicate. You will need to format
this later to display it as desired. For example, in a textbox in a report
you may want Monday, Tuesday, etc to be displayed instead of the number.
This could be done by using the following Control Source for the textbox.

=WeekDayName([FieldName] + 1)

Monday is 2, Tuesday is 3, etc. So, if your table has Monday stored as 1,
add 1 to that to get 2.

Another formatting option would be:

=Choose([FieldName], "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday")

Add as many items as you need.

--
Wayne Morgan
MS Access MVP


"Myron Mummey" wrote in message
...
I would like to make the value of a checkbox that is in a value group
display
a text valuer in a field rather than the typical numeric value of 1, 2, 3
and
so on. Something on the order of if a certain box call it Monday is
checked
and access made its value a 1 then another field in my table will output a
text value of Monday, rather then showing me the numeric value of 1. I
hope
this makes some kind of sense!! Thanks in advance!!

Myron

Myron,

An option group always has an integer value--this is inherent to the option
group control. You can, of course, *display* more meaningful text by
assigning text to the each button's label. If you need to display the text
in a report or in the result of a query, you have the following options:

- Use a nested IIf statement to calculate a field. Recommended for 2 or
less choices, e.g.,
(=IIf([MyOptionGroup]=1,"Monday",IIf([MyOptionGroup]=2,"Tuesday",""),"")
- Write a custom function to use in the calculation:
Public Function MyText(intOptionGroupVal as Integer) As String
Select Case intOptionGroupVal
Case 1
MyText = "Monday"
Case 2
MyText = "Tuesday"
.... other cases
Case Else
MyText = ""
End Select
End Function
- Create a table that has the matched values, and join the two tables on the
integer field in a query, selecting the text field. This would be my
preference since it requires no programming.

Sprinks

"Myron Mummey" wrote:

I would like to make the value of a checkbox that is in a value group display
a text valuer in a field rather than the typical numeric value of 1, 2, 3 and
so on. Something on the order of if a certain box call it Monday is checked
and access made its value a 1 then another field in my table will output a
text value of Monday, rather then showing me the numeric value of 1. I hope
this makes some kind of sense!! Thanks in advance!!

Myron

Very simple solution. In the After Update event of your option group:

Me.txtDisplayDay = WeekDayName(Me.opgSelectADay, vbMonday)

Using the vbMonday constant will cause WeekDay Name to return "Monday" if 1
is passed, "Tuesday" if 2 is passed, etc.)

"Myron Mummey" wrote:

I would like to make the value of a checkbox that is in a value group display
a text valuer in a field rather than the typical numeric value of 1, 2, 3 and
so on. Something on the order of if a certain box call it Monday is checked
and access made its value a 1 then another field in my table will output a
text value of Monday, rather then showing me the numeric value of 1. I hope
this makes some kind of sense!! Thanks in advance!!

Myron

Wayne/Sprinks,

Both of your ideas are great!! I will get to work on testing them out!
Since posting this some of the criteria has changed as to what I need it for
but it will still be useful to have!! I will let you know how it works out.
Thanks!!

Myron

"Wayne Morgan" wrote:

An option group returns the number as you indicate. You will need to format
this later to display it as desired. For example, in a textbox in a report
you may want Monday, Tuesday, etc to be displayed instead of the number.
This could be done by using the following Control Source for the textbox.

=WeekDayName([FieldName] + 1)

Monday is 2, Tuesday is 3, etc. So, if your table has Monday stored as 1,
add 1 to that to get 2.

Another formatting option would be:

=Choose([FieldName], "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday")

Add as many items as you need.

--
Wayne Morgan
MS Access MVP


"Myron Mummey" wrote in message
...
I would like to make the value of a checkbox that is in a value group
display
a text valuer in a field rather than the typical numeric value of 1, 2, 3
and
so on. Something on the order of if a certain box call it Monday is
checked
and access made its value a 1 then another field in my table will output a
text value of Monday, rather then showing me the numeric value of 1. I
hope
this makes some kind of sense!! Thanks in advance!!

Myron