If
you want to provide users with individual choices that are either
turned on or off, add check boxes to the form. The user can toggle
the state of a check box. When the check box is selected, its state
is on. When the check box is deselected, its state is off. Check
boxes can be turned on and off in any combination and may be used
to set the properties of a selection.
After you add a check box to the form design, you can edit the
caption text and manipulate the object’s properties in the Field,
Value, and Binding tabs of the Object palette. You can define these
properties:
Check boxes support scripting and calculations. If a user is
to supply data, you can define whether the input is recommended
or required, and you can set up messages to prompt users appropriately.
All user input may be validated through scripting.
You can bind check box objects to data elements in a source data
file to derive the On and Off values from the source file when the
form is rendered
To specify the size for the check boxTo set the size for a check box, in the Object
palette, click the Field tab.
In the Size box, type a different value (in points) and press
Enter.
Depending on the size you enter, you may have to resize
the check box.
To specify the check styleIn the Object palette, click the Field tab.
Select an option in the Check Style list:
To set the check style to the default, which is an X, select
Default.
To set the check style to a check mark, select Check.
To set the check style to a circle, select Circle.
To set the check style to a cross, select Cross.
To set the check style to a diamond, select Diamond.
To set the check style to a square, select Square.
To set the check style to a star, select Star.
To specify the states for the check boxIn the Object palette, click the
Field tab.
Under States, select an option:
To specify
that the check box will have On (selected) and Off (clear) states, select
On/Off.
To specify that the check box will have On (selected), Off
(clear), and Neutral (not selected or clear) states, select On/Off/Neutral.
Values
for each state must be defined in the Binding tab of the Object
palette.
To define the behavior of the check boxIn
the Object palette, click the Value tab and select one of these
options:
To allow users to choose whether to enter
data, select User Entered - Optional.
To make the field read only and display a data value that
is calculated and displayed through an attached script, select Calculated
- Read Only. Users will not be able to edit the calculated value.
To make the field editable and display a data value that
is calculated and displayed through an attached script, select Calculated
- User Can Override. Users can edit the value if the calculation
script has been written to accept the input. If a user does edit
the calculated value, the custom message you specify in the Override
Message box appears.
To make the field read only and display a data value that
is merged or calculated and displayed at run time, select Read Only.
Users will not be able to edit the value.
If the value will be calculated, attach the calculation script
to the object by using the Script Editor.
(Optional) If a calculated value can be overridden, type
a message in the Override Message box.
You
can dynamically populate a validation pattern or script message
with a value from a data source. This allows you to ensure that
users enter the correct value in the field.
To specify the default state of the check boxIn the Object palette, click the Value
tab.
Select a state from the Default list:
To set
the default state to On, select On. The check box is selected initially.
To set the default state to Off, select Off. The check box
is deselected initially.
To set the default state to Neutral, select Neutral. The
box is filled with grey initially.
Note: The
Default list is available only when the Type option is set to User
Entered or Read Only. The Neutral option is available from the Default
list only when the States area in the Field tab is set to On/Off/Neutral.
To change the values assigned to check box statesBy default,
check boxes use numbers to represent values in the form data. The default
values are “1” for On, “0” for Off, and “2” for Neutral. You can
change these values to match existing values in a data source or
to provide more meaningful terms related to the purpose of the check
box in the data file.
In the Object palette, click the Binding tab.
In the On Value box, specify the value of the check box’s
On state in the data source
In the Off Value box, specify the value of the check box’s
Off state in the data source.
If On/Off/Neutral was selected in the Field tab, in the Neutral
Value box, specify the value of the check box’s Neutral state in
the data source.
To define custom data-binding properties for a check boxBinding
options enable you to build a form that captures data for enterprise infrastructures
and/or use an external data source to populate a form at run time. Set
data-binding properties in the Binding tab of the Object palette.
Select the check box.
Enable the form to connect to the data source when the form
is opened.
Bind the check box to its corresponding data node.
For information about how to bind objects to a data source, see Binding fields to a data source.
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