IWP messes radio button format

[joshgoh]

Hi, when I try to publish my database form, the resulting webpage screws up my radio button and checkbox formats. In the preview and in FMPro7, the form looks fine. Eg:

<radio button> Option 1

<radio button> Option 2 xxxxx

<radio button> Option 3 xx

However, when I publish this form, it looks like that from the browser:

<radio button> Option 1 <radio button> Option 2 xxxxx <radio button>

Option 3 xx

It appears that IWP ignores the fact that the radio buttons are supposed to be aligned left and vertical?

I've been searching a while on Google and can't seem to find people with similar problems...has anyone ever encountered this?

[BobWeaver]

I've just recently encountered the problem, but haven't found a solution.

[anna f]

Did you ever find a solution to your problem? What I did, which may make some people cringe, was make a field for each option in your value list. Then, each field has one choice so you can position it where ever you choose. If you need to avoid more than one answer being clicked, you can turn the field into a button and script it so that when one is chosen, the others cannot be (if x field = yourvalue, exit script). This didn't mess up my reporting but you will need to look at your own to be sure.

[CyborgSam]

In IWP, Checkboxes & Radio Buttons fill a field's space horizontally first, then vertically. This is because the Checkboxes and Radio buttons are displayed using the web browser

[javierinSFO]

Hello everyone:

I figured out how to fix radio buttons and checkboxes in Filemaker 7 via Instant Web Publishing It took a lot of testing

and trials but here is the fix.

Check out my tutorial:

http://jvillalobos.com:16080/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=IWPFixDemo&-loadframes

[andygaunt]

Hi -

A couple of comments on your demo page.

The display is not rendering correctly on PC using IE or FireFox.

FireFox & IE issue

The text is getting cut off on some of the items.

The second paragraph I can only see the first two full lines and then the top 1/3 of the next line (looks like it begins Please take a moment.

IE Issue

The checkbox for 'Other' option is getting cut off.

Have not looked at it from the Mac, but thought you might like to know the PC issues.

[wplate]

I encountered something similar, I guess, just the other day. The solution for me was pretty simple, I just had to set the field's bounding box such that the radio options would flow the way I wanted.

Here's a visual explainer... Watch QuickTime Movie

[CyborgSam]

> I just had to set the field's bounding box such that the radio options would flow the way I wanted.

This doesn't always work. Try a value list with long text values and two with a single letter: the single letter ones will appear side to side. Example: Massachussetts, Mississippi, A, B. It appears AOK in FileMaker Client but appears like below in IWP

Edited August 19, 2005 by Guest

[wplate]

Ah, yeah. I guess that strange demo that was posted earlier on may hold the answer, then.