Displaying text based on multiple checkboxes

[Xenver]

Hello All,

So I've got a form with multiple check boxes on it, the user makes selections on this form then clicks next, this opens a second form, on this form i would like to display text in an unbound text box based on the boxes the user has selected.

so if the user selects check box 1,5,and 7 i would like the text box to display:

1,5,7

Is this possible?

Thanks.

[twinnyfo]

Xenver,

Yes, this is possible, but you would have to have a specific naming convention for your Check boxes, or have the number for the check box entered into the .Tag property of the checkbox.

You would simply build the string for your unbound text box by cycling through your checkboxes to see if they are checked:

Dim strValues As String

strValues = ""

If Me.chkBox1 then
    If strValues = "" then
        strValues = Me.chkBox1.Tag
    Else
        strValues = strValues & "," & Me.chkBox1.Tag
    End If
end if

If Me.chkBox2 then
    If strValues = "" then
        strValues = Me.chkBox2.Tag
    Else
        strValues = strValues & "," & Me.chkBox2.Tag
    End If
end if

. . . .

Me.txtBox = strValues

Hope this gets you moving in the right direction.

[Xenver]

Hello,

Thanks yes this is very helpful. I think i can use this to do what i want to do but... this is a little embarrassing but i don't know where to enter the code... whenever I've used code before it's been in the code builder for an event (on click etc.) Thanks for the quick response too, everyone on this forum is so helpful!

[Xenver]

Ok,so I'm using the code in an OnLoad event, and translated to use my forms names it looks like this:

Private Sub Report_Load()

Dim strValues As String
 
strValues = ""
 
If [Forms]![frm_Reports Credit]![SS 1] Then
    If strValues = "" Then
        strValues = [Forms]![frm_Reports Credit]![SS 1]
    Else
        strValues = strValues & "," & [Forms]![frm_Reports Credit]![SS 1].Tag
    End If
End If
 
If [Forms]![frm_Reports Credit]![SS 2] Then
    If strValues = "" Then
        strValues = [Forms]![frm_Reports Credit]![SS 2].Tag
    Else
        strValues = strValues & "," & [Forms]![frm_Reports Credit]![SS 2].Tag
    End If
End If
 
 
Me.DisplayCredits = strValues

End Sub

but i get an error on line 15, it says :

"run-time error 94 invalid use of null"

Thanks.

[twinnyfo]

Check to make sure that your check box has the Triple State Property set to No. This property allows a Check box to have three values "True", "False" and "Null" (when a value has not been specifically assigned to it.

[Xenver]

Hey,

I checked, and all the check boxes had their triple state property set to No, but for some reason when the form was first opened, until they were clicked they started with a blue fill, I'm guessing that indicated a null value because i went through and set all of their default values to 0 and the blue fill went away and everything works fine now. Thanks a lot!

[twinnyfo]

Glad we could be of some help. Let us know if you have any other questions.