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how do i enable a text box when a check box is check? for
example i have two sets of input boxes but want only one
set to become active when a check box is selected?
 
In the AfterUpdate event procedure of the check box ...

.... to enable the text box when the check box is checked ...

Me!NameOfTextBox.Enabled = (Me!NameOfCheckBox)

.... to disable the text box when the check box is checked ...

Me!NameOfTextBox.Enabled = Not (Me!NameOfCheckBox)

There was a bug in some versions of Access (not sure if it has been fixed)
where you could run into problems by implicitly referring to the Boolean
value of a form control, e.g. "If Me!NameOfCheckBox Then". One way to work
around this bug was to make the reference explicit, e.g. "If
Me!NameOfCheckBox = True Then". Another was to force evaluation using
parentheses - that's the reason for the parentheses in "(Me!NameOfCheckBox)"
in the examples above.

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