>Not supposed to do that, since the value is numeric. But I want the effect
>of that. Consider a table of people with a logical sex field, where .T. is
>considered female and .F. male. To FoxPro, such a field means "female,
>true or false." But imagine a form with a check box and a caption
>"Female?" Looks pretty dumb. The appropriate control is an option group
>with one button labeled "male" and the other "female."
I think we've had a similar thread some time ago.
I'd use a checkbox with variable caption. So, if it's checked, it reads
"female", if it's .f. it reads "male". My checkbox class has two
additional properties, caption_yes and caption_no, so the caption is set
properly whenever showing the value or when clicking.
*click, the same code goes into .init
if this.value and !empt(this.caption_yes)
this.caption=this.caption_yes
retu
endif
if !this.value and !empt(this.caption_no)
this.caption=this.caption_no
retu
endif
Property sheet
BackStyle = 0
Caption = "Check1"
Value = .F.
caption_yes = ("")
caption_no = ("")
(omitted the properties which may default to anything you want).
In your case, you just use this class (or change only the checkbox on
your form) and put
caption_yes = ("female")
caption_no = ("male")
Maybe the .click method should be a separate method, and called from
..click, .refresh .interactivechange, .programmaticchange and .init -
just to make sure it never shows the wrong caption.
