nice radio button script

[stefangs]

this is a layout thing, but the problem i have is script related, so i think i'm right here.

because i change field labels, i format my radio buttons with a generic 1,2,3 option. this is hidden, because i make the field very small, so you can't see the 1/2/3 text labels. when you now click an option, there's an ugly box around the buttons. therefore, i have disabled field entry and overlayed transparent buttons over the radio buttons. they are attached to individual scripts that change the field value accordingly.

for a radio button with three options, that's already 3 scripts. considering there are many radio buttons in my solution, i already have a ton of scripts just for a simple function.

is there a way to somehow parse field name, screen position, or something, into a single script that lets me change the radios without literals for each field and each option?

[Raybaudi]

Using carefully the script parameters let you create only one script.

Hint: each script parameter can have more than a value.

[stefangs]

so you say it's possible... can you be a bit more specific? i wouldn't know where to start.

[Raybaudi]

Start with:

1) give a name to a the object

2) put something like:

1

object1

into the space of the first script parameter.

Make those steps for every radio button of the first field.

[stefangs]

thanks, i think i get it.

this means i can reduce the number of scripts to one per radio button set, but i will still need one script for each set, not one script for all radio button sets, correct?

Edited October 15, 2009 by Guest

[Raybaudi]

I think that you can reduce the number of scripts to ONE, whichever is the number of objects.

radio_buttons.zip

[Vaughan]

Even better, create a table that holds the labels for the values of 1, 2, 3. Create a value list that displays the second values only. Use this value list in the radio buttons.

[mfrapp]

i dunno if i understand right but in this case i would use 3 value list

vl1:

1

vl2:

2

vl3:

3

put on the layout 3 times the same field but show only the first radio button of each field (radio button type) each one with a different value list

and that does the trick

** i think its what Vaughan was saying

example:

radiobtn.zip

Edited October 16, 2009 by Guest

[stefangs]

ah yes, i think that would do the trick and cut doen on the number of scripts. thank you for your template.

[stefangs]

hi and thanks for your template. this works also and makes for a completely scriptless solution, but i thought that unframed radio buttons would look nicer. the frame around the radio buttons is something you always see in fm but nowhere else. that's whay i wanted to script around it. just a matter of style, not functionality, i suppose.

[stefangs]

i'd like to pull out my old thread again, because now i want to do the same thing with check boxes. my radio button script ended up looking like this:

GetValue ( Get ( ScriptParameter ) ; 1 )

on calling the script, i pass the name of the field and the value of the radio button like this:

"fieldname¶value"

i also have a nice script for a single check box:

SetFieldByName | Get ( ScriptParameter ); Choose ( GetField ( Get ( ScriptParameter ) ) ; 1 )|

but this breaks when you have two or more check boxes. i was hoping i can combine these two methods to create a neat check box. any ideas on how to do that?

thanks,

stefan