Checkbox question

[Pete]

The problem is solved with no code necessary by simply setting the
autohilte property to off, as Marty revealed a couple of days ago.

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:

> Name all your checkboxes with a special 3 character prefix. Have a mouseUp
> handler in your card or stack script:
>
> ON mouseUp pMouseBtnNo
>    put the short name of the selectedobject into theObjectName
>    IF char 1 to 3 of theObjectName is "chk" THEN -- for example
>        set the hilite of the selectedobject to not the hilite of
> theSelectedObject
>    END IF
>    pass mouseUp
> END mouseUp
>
> You can also disable the checkboxes, but they are then a shadow grey
> color. Unfortunately, changing the foregroundcolor and backgroundcolor of a
> disabled checkbox does not override this effect the way it does in a field,
> so no love there.
>
> Bob
>
> On Feb 18, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Pete wrote:
>
> > I have a stack which is used to show information in a display only mode,
> > the user is not allowed to change any of the displayed values.  I want to
> > use checkboxes in some cases.  How can I prevent the user clicking the
> > check box and changing its state?
> >
> > I've currently got them disabled to achieve this but I'd prefer them to
> > have their enabled appearance, just not allow them to be changed.  I've
> > considered making images of the checkbox in its checked and unchecked
> > state, disabling the checkbox and assigning the appropriate image as its
> > disabled icon depending on the checkbox's state but wondering if there's
> a
> > more straightforward way to do this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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