>>I have a checkbox control in a grid and would like to be able do the this:
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>>Move me mouse down the column with the checkbox control and change the value of the checkbox from (for example) .F. to .T. as I move my mouse down the column.
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>>Several ideas came to mind on how to do something like this, but nothing I have tried works. Does someone know how to accomplish this?
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>>TIA
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>>John.
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>Unless I had users that _really insisted on this feature, I would be wary about straying so far from windows standards. Even if you do find a way to get this to work, I can't see how the end result wouldn't be really confusing/annoying to the user.


Hi Erik,

The idea behind this feature is this:

Instead of the user having to click on each checkbox in the grid, the user can select many records at a time just by holding down R or L mouse button and moving down the grid checkBox column. This would change the value of the checkbox to show that the user is selecting these records to do something with. (in this case, run a report). This approach seemed to me to be a better solution than requiring the user to click the mouse on each record, especially if the user wanted to select many records. BTW - the recordsource for this grid is an updatable cursor which its only purpose is to run reports and update a details table with the records reported on. I was stealing this idea from Lotus Notes which works well when...say deleting or moving a batch of email messages from a mailbox. I would appreciate any ideas that you may have, and I do think it is a cool way to do this that most users would appreciate having. Thanks for responding, and I always appreciate your suggestions and responses to mine and others questions.

Thanks

John