Make invisible with a checkbox

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Braiock

Hello,

I have a simple form in which I have a checkbox that makes a text field
visible when the checkbox is checked (The text field is not bound). My
problem is that when I switch to the next record the checkbox gets updated
along with the record but the text field does not change along with the
checkbox; if the next record has the checkbox unchecked the text box will
still stay visible.

Here is what code I have:

Private Sub Check19_AfterUpdate()
Me![Text22].Visible = Me!Check19
Me![Attachment29].Visible = Me!Check19
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()
Me![Text22].Visible = Me!Check19
Me![Attachment29].Visible = Me!Check19
End Sub

Thank you for any help you can provide
 
If your form is a datasheet of continuous form all of the records in your
table will be visible at once. Since the text field is not bound and not
connected to a specific record it will either be visible in all records or
invisible in all records.

If you display your data in a normal form, i.e. one table record at a time,
you can make the text field visible or invisible depending on your checkbox.
For this purpose you make use of the "on current" event. This event fires
every time the user changes from one record to another. In addition to the
code in the "after update" event you should put the same code in the "on
current event".

Regards
 
Sorry, I was too quick
I see you use the on current event already. That should do the trick for
normal forms. For datasheets and continuous forms I dont think it can be done
unless you make the text field bound.

Regards
 
Hello,

I have a simple form in which I have a checkbox that makes a text field
visible when the checkbox is checked (The text field is not bound). My
problem is that when I switch to the next record the checkbox gets updated
along with the record but the text field does not change along with the
checkbox; if the next record has the checkbox unchecked the text box will
still stay visible.

Here is what code I have:

Private Sub Check19_AfterUpdate()
Me![Text22].Visible = Me!Check19
Me![Attachment29].Visible = Me!Check19
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()
Me![Text22].Visible = Me!Check19
Me![Attachment29].Visible = Me!Check19
End Sub

Thank you for any help you can provide

For an unbound control on a continuous or datasheet form, there's really only
one textbox, displayed many times; changing its visible property in the
Current event will change all the displayed instances.

What you can do is use the Format... Conditional Formatting feature to set the
foreground color equal to the background color based on the checkbox's value.
 
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