Selection of multiple controls on a form

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I have a form that is a graphic display of a given person's availability for
volunteer work. It's basically just a 7x16 matrix of controls, each of which
contains a colored square. (7 = Sunday thru Saturday, 16 = 6 AM thru 9 PM.)
The user can change the color of the square in each control from red
(unavailable) to yellow (available with limitations) to green (available) by
double-clicking it.

But users always want more than you give them. I've been asked if I can let
them select several "cells" and change them all with one double-click. I'm
darned if I know a way to do it; does anyone out there have a suggestion?
Maybe something involving mouse-drag events? Any ideas very welcome.
 
You might consider adding a checkbox for each of the square controls, have
the users click all the checkboxes, and then use a command button to change
the color of the squares associated with each clicked checkbox.
 
Thanks. That's not quite what they want, but it's better than all those
double-clicks.
 
Well, it's about the best I could suggest. You may need to explain to them
that, even if you could select multiple fields on the form, the double
click on one of them would unselect all the other ones.
 
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