Group box properties

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Chuck Davis

I have created a form for a committee to concur or withhold approval for the
content of the page above before posting to the communities web site. The
form conatins two Group boxes.

The first group box contains two radio buttons. One to indicate a concur
position and the other to indicate a withhold position.

The second group box contains seven radio buttons, one for each committee
member.

My problem is that these highly educated folks can't stomach the four-letter
word "read" and fail to either indicate the position they are taking or who
they are.

Is there a way to insure that at least one radio button in each Group box is
checked?
 
The problem MAY be that you are telling them what to do
rather than building a web process from their suggestions.
If you get their suggestions on how it should be done,
it'll feel like their idea, and they'll look forward to
working with it when you finish it.
 
Steve H said:
The problem MAY be that you are telling them what to do
rather than building a web process from their suggestions.
If you get their suggestions on how it should be done,
it'll feel like their idea, and they'll look forward to
working with it when you finish it.
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Steve,

It's the web process that I'm trying to find out how to do...
 
Don't use radio buttons, use checkbox fields

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"Chuck Davis" <newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com> wrote in message |
| | > The problem MAY be that you are telling them what to do
| > rather than building a web process from their suggestions.
| > If you get their suggestions on how it should be done,
| > it'll feel like their idea, and they'll look forward to
| > working with it when you finish it.
| >
| >>-----Original Message-----
| >>I have created a form for a committee to concur or
| > withhold approval for the
| >>content of the page above before posting to the
| > communities web site. The
| >>form conatins two Group boxes.
| >>
| >>The first group box contains two radio buttons. One to
| > indicate a concur
| >>position and the other to indicate a withhold position.
| >>
| >>The second group box contains seven radio buttons, one for
| > each committee
| >>member.
| >>
| >>My problem is that these highly educated folks can't
| > stomach the four-letter
| >>word "read" and fail to either indicate the position they
| > are taking or who
| >>they are.
| >>
| >>Is there a way to insure that at least one radio button in
| > each Group box is
| >>checked?
| >>
| >>
| >>.
| >>
| Steve,
|
| It's the web process that I'm trying to find out how to do...
|
|
 
Stefan B Rusynko said:
Don't use radio buttons, use checkbox fields

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"Chuck Davis" <newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com> wrote in message
|
| | > The problem MAY be that you are telling them what to do
| > rather than building a web process from their suggestions.
| > If you get their suggestions on how it should be done,
| > it'll feel like their idea, and they'll look forward to
| > working with it when you finish it.
| >
| >>-----Original Message-----
| >>I have created a form for a committee to concur or
| > withhold approval for the
| >>content of the page above before posting to the
| > communities web site. The
| >>form conatins two Group boxes.
| >>
| >>The first group box contains two radio buttons. One to
| > indicate a concur
| >>position and the other to indicate a withhold position.
| >>
| >>The second group box contains seven radio buttons, one for
| > each committee
| >>member.
| >>
| >>My problem is that these highly educated folks can't
| > stomach the four-letter
| >>word "read" and fail to either indicate the position they
| > are taking or who
| >>they are.
| >>
| >>Is there a way to insure that at least one radio button in
| > each Group box is
| >>checked?
| >>
| >>
| >>.
| >>
| Steve,
|
| It's the web process that I'm trying to find out how to do...
|
|
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Stephan,

Check boxes are now in place on one of the two Group Boxes on my test page.
I still can find no way to insure that one of the two check boxes have been
checked.

Test pages are located at this URL:
Please check it out. I'll simply delete the results that are e-mailed to me.
 
Chuck Davis said:
Stephan,

Check boxes are now in place on one of the two Group Boxes on my test
page. I still can find no way to insure that one of the two check boxes
have been checked.

Test pages are located at this URL:
Please check it out. I'll simply delete the results that are e-mailed to
me.
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Kevin from Nebraska suggested following. It worked like a charm. Thought
that you would like to know.

You're using FP 2003, right? It has the capability built in (FP 2003
anyway). In FP's Design view, double-click on one of the radio buttons in a
group to open its Option Button Properties dialog. Click the "Validate"
button at the bottom of the dialog to open the Option Button Validation
dialog, then check the "Data required" checkbox. That should carry over to
all of the other radio buttons that have the same name attribute (same Group
name). While you're checking the "Data required" box, you might also want to
fill in the Display Name field (e.g., use the name as it appears to the user
on the page, rather than the field name used in the code). If you supply a
Display name, it'll be used instead of the actual field name if the required
data isn't present. If the user submits the form without one of the radio
buttons in the group being checked, an alert box will pop up -- "Please
select one of the [Display Name] options" -- and the form will not be
submitted.
 
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