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    #16
    Re: Image Selector Help.

    I am guessing, this is what you want. If so, code to follow.

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      #17
      Re: Image Selector Help.

      Hi Gabe,

      That looks spot on, just so long as the image ref saved in the table can be used in a report.

      I look forward to your code and appreciate your efforts.
      Regards
      Keith Hubert
      Alpha Guild Member
      London.
      KHDB Management Systems
      Skype = keith.hubert


      For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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        #18
        Re: Image Selector Help.

        Keith:
        Sorry about the delay in getting back with you.
        That code involves a trick within a trick within a trick.. it is not the best thing in the world. Perhaps, the best I could do with v8, but in v9 I am pretty sure the code would look more streamlined. In v10? I don't have a clue.

        That said, I think the radio is totally redundant. Your reason for using a radio object and your objective is to make sure the user could only choose one image. So here is a very simple and handy idea, maybe not the most elegant but not too shabby either:

        In the OnArrive event of the image reference field on the form put an event that triggers a modal xdlg. The xdlg will only have the images as buttons and you could arrange them in any way you want: vertically, horizontally, in multiple rows...etc. There will be no other buttons (no OK, Cancel..). When the user clicks an image, it will change the one in the field in the form and closes the xdlg, i.e. the user could only click one. If the user changes their mind, click again, the xdlg appears, choose an image and the xdlg will close.

        The thing about images is that you could do endless and very elegant menus with them anywhere from a sunburst menu to a rotating menu to a sliding menu, to a book page flipping menu..etc. And I hate to think about this issue any more because all these ideas keep coming to mind and I don't want to settle for a generic menu but unfortunately I don't have the time to do a more elaborate one. I have done many of these in my applications, but they are not cut & paste. You might have to re-engineer your application which is not realistic. So, for now, I think an xdlg will do. Of course, if you want to make it more cosmetic, you could use a form based on the same table in lieu of the xdlg.

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          #19
          Re: Image Selector Help.

          Hi Gabe,

          Thanks for the explanation, not too sure what it all means.

          What I was hoping to see was the "how it was done from the video" you uploaded to demonstrate your idea.
          That code involves a trick within a trick within a trick..
          That's fine, we all like to learn new tricks, especially from you.

          Are you now saying that you cant show the code? That is most disappointing.
          Regards
          Keith Hubert
          Alpha Guild Member
          London.
          KHDB Management Systems
          Skype = keith.hubert


          For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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            #20
            Re: Image Selector Help.

            I modified your form slightly. It is still rather crude but perhaps it will be of some assistance.

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              #21
              Re: Image Selector Help.

              Hi Doug,

              I would be interested to see your form, however crude it may be.
              Regards
              Keith Hubert
              Alpha Guild Member
              London.
              KHDB Management Systems
              Skype = keith.hubert


              For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                #22
                Re: Image Selector Help.

                Obviously, I need remedial training on sending files. Let's see if this works!

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                  #23
                  Re: Image Selector Help.

                  Hi Keith,
                  I can easily have the radio buttons come up and filtered by Category but the image reference field is having problems.

                  I will spend a bit more time later if needed---v9 does not let me dynamically set the image ref field (it temporarily changes the text instead of the value as it is supposed to). An "odd" behavior if not a bug.

                  Mike
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                  It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
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                    #24
                    Re: Image Selector Help.

                    Hi Mike,

                    Thanks for all your help today.

                    Doug, thanks for showing how to put images into a Rado button object.

                    Do you know how to it dynamically? What happens if the user wants to add a new image?
                    Regards
                    Keith Hubert
                    Alpha Guild Member
                    London.
                    KHDB Management Systems
                    Skype = keith.hubert


                    For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                      #25
                      Re: Image Selector Help.

                      Hi Gabe,

                      You wrote on th 12th November
                      Keith:
                      Sorry about the delay in getting back with you.
                      That code involves a trick within a trick within a trick..
                      We are still waiting to see this trick of yours.

                      The only trick I see you do, and I must say you do it very well, is the vanishing one.

                      You must remember, your answers are not just for my benefit but all users of this forum. It is not nice to make promises of showing how to do something and then not keeping to it.

                      So, how about that trick within the trick?
                      Regards
                      Keith Hubert
                      Alpha Guild Member
                      London.
                      KHDB Management Systems
                      Skype = keith.hubert


                      For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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