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Check Box Group

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Check Box Group

Allows multi-selection of a group of static or dynamic items.

Image showing an example of the Check Box Group on a user form

Items selected in this control will be returned in a pipe delimited string, for example the image above:

Will return the result:

Item A|Item E|Item F

To the control reference:

<ControlName>Return

Items to display for selection in the control are given in the Items property.

Properties

Appearance

Appearance - Border

Appearance - Caption

  • Caption

    Controls the control's caption.

    The text displayed in this property can have formatting tags applied to decorate parts of the text string, see Formatting the Displayed Text below for more information.

  • Caption Color

    Controls the caption color of the control.

  • Caption Font

    Determines the font used for the controls caption.

  • Caption Horizontal Alignment

    Controls whether the text inside the caption is horizontally aligned to the left, right or center

Appearance - Picture

Behavior

  • Enabled

    Controls whether the control is enabled (if the result is TRUE) or disabled (if the result is anything other than TRUE, e.g. FALSE).

  • Error Result

    Determines whether the value of the control is in error. The result of this rule is a string containing the error message if the value is in error, otherwise a blank string or the number zero.

  • Items

    A list of items, delimited by the "|" symbol, which control the items shown in the control.

    The text displayed in this property can have formatting tags applied to decorate parts of the text string, see Formatting the Displayed Text below for more information.

  • Selection

    The current selection state of check boxes in the group (by item name, either TRUE or FALSE).

  • Selection (Override)

    The current selection state of check boxes in the group (by item name, either TRUE or FALSE).

  • Tab Index

    Configures the position of the control in the form tab order.

  • Visible

    Determines whether the control is visible (TRUE) or hidden (FALSE).

General

  • (Metadata)

    Optional text which can be used to provide information belonging to or about a control. For example, a list of CSS classes which can be parsed and applied to the control using the Integration Theme in DriveWorks Live. This doesn't affect the control's behavior.

  • (Name)

    The name of the control

  • (Tag)

    Optional text which can be used to describe the control, but which doesn't affect the control's behavior.

  • Tooltip Duration

    Controls the duration, in seconds, for which the tooltip will remain visible. Values of 0 and below indicate an infinite duration.

  • Tooltip Text

    Specifies the text to display in a tooltip when hovering over the control.

    The text displayed in this property can have formatting tags applied to decorate parts of the text string, see Formatting the Displayed Text below for more information.

Layout

  • Height

    Controls the height of the control.

  • Left

    Controls the left position of the control.

  • Top

    Controls the top position of the control.

  • Width

    Controls the width of the control.

Formatting the Displayed Text

Formatting Text

The text displayed in the Caption, Items and Tooltip Text property support the use of formatting tags to format parts of the text string.

The supported tags are:

  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Underline
  • Color
  • Url (not supported for Tooltip Text)

For example:

See How To: Format Text for more information.