Need help with radio button problem!

[Karen1958]

Hi all,

So glad to have found this forum! I've been able to fix all my perplexing FM problems but this one: for some indiscernable reason, I can't see the radio buttons in a field I've designated as radio buttons! I already have a radio button field in the same data base and setting it up was no problem, but the two new fields I added today and made into radio button fields DON"T show their buttons. What gives? Help!

Karen

[danjacoby]

You sure there isn't anything in front of the left side of the field? Like a big white box, for instance?

Just a thought.

[Wendy T]

hi Karen,

is the Font Colour or the Pen Colour the same as the background?

(or is that "Color" since this is a US-based forum)

cheers,

Wendy

[Karen1958]

Both very good questions, but (sadly) no. And the value list values DO show up in the field...just not the round button. Interestingly, when I changed the field to "check boxes", the check boxes also didn't show up. But changing the field to "pop up list" and "pop up menu" both worked fine. What the H*%L is going on? I'm going batty here!

K.

[LaRetta]

Hi Karen,

It probably is a formatting issue. The easiest way to resolve it would be to copy the radio button of yours that works. Then double-click it to bring up the Field Definitions and re-select your new field.

Then change the properties to point to your new VL. That should do it.

LaRetta

[Karen1958]

Thanks! That works. I tried to do that another way but ran into problems.

Duh! Sometimes it's so obvious...if you're not the one with the mystery on your hands.

Karen

[LaRetta]

Hi Karen,

I didn't know your FM version or I would have suggested using Format Painter first (it requires vs. 6) to duplicate the format properties of your working radio buttons. I'm glad it worked for you.

LaRetta

[Lougee]

Click on your 'invisible' radio button field and select 'format borders' from the FORMAT menu. DESELECT the border options (top, bottom, right, left), then select your line thickness and line color from the border dropdown menus. The buttons will be drawn in whatever color has been selected for the border. Also check that the border is visible, not transparent.

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