Programming and Web Development

[puckhog4]

I have been playin' around with Access 97 for a bit and I have a form with check boxes on it. The report that I want to print has check boxes that are visable and I want them to be larger when I print them. No matter how much I change the height or width the check mark and box appear the same size on the report.

Can I make them larger to match a larger font? If so, HOW?

[doctorgonzo]

No. Checkboxes will always be the same size, no matter how you size them. If you want to make a bigger checkbox, you will have to make your own control, something that is pretty much out of the scope of Access.

[puckhog4]

Is it impossible to make my own control in access? All I want is to be able to check a box on a form and have it appear on a report. Right now I have a text box with the border set to be solid and I have to type an "X" in the feilds that I want to be checked. I can change the size of those to fit with the large font that I have on the report. Is there a control that can input the "X" for me so all I have to do is click on it? Any help with this can save me much time fooling around with access and would make you a very wonderful person.

[doctorgonzo]

Using the control events, you can set it to automatically toggle an "X" in the text box. For example, you could use the OnDblClick event to change the value of the text box to "X" when you double-click on it.

[UncaDanno]

(Goin' a bit OT here....)

All I want is to be able to check a box on a form and have it appear on a report.

"All I want...."
Arguably the biggest enigma of software development.

Don't get me wrong, here, Puck. But this is close to the number one challenge I face daily. A client or user will start with "All I want..." as if they want something simple, therefore it should be simple to build.
As you pointed out, Access already provides a printable checkbox. And, as doctorgonzo pointed out, you'd need to build your own checkbox control in order to change its appearance when it prints.

Since a printable checkbox is already in Access, it would just follow that building your own would be fairly simplistic. It isn't. But the end user always thinks it should be.

Which is why software development is such a thankless job.