disabled radio button labels don't look disabled (grey)

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Bill R - 17 Nov 2005 19:33 GMT

I disable radio buttons within an option group based on criteria in other
controls on the form. Although the buttons are succesfully disabled, the
labels don't go grey as they do for other disabled controls. Any suggestions?

Bill

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Marshall Barton - 17 Nov 2005 19:56 GMT

>I disable radio buttons within an option group based on criteria in other
>controls on the form. Although the buttons are succesfully disabled, the
>labels don't go grey as they do for other disabled controls. Any suggestions?

That happens when the labels are not attached to the radio
buttons. Did you add the labels separately?

A way to attach an existing label to an existing control is
to click on the label, use Ctrl+X to cut the label. Then
select the related control and use Ctrl+V to Paste the label
on the control.

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Bill R - 17 Nov 2005 20:07 GMT

Marshall,

Thanks for the suggestion.
The labels are the labels that were created when the buttons were created.
When I select a button, the handle in the upper left corner of the label is
also there. I can't move the label without moving the control unless I grab
it by that upper left handle. Puzzling behavior. I have other option groups
whose radio buttons look disabled when I disable them, even in design view,
but this one group is behaving strangely.

Bill

>>I disable radio buttons within an option group based on criteria in other
>>controls on the form. Although the buttons are succesfully disabled, the
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>select the related control and use Ctrl+V to Paste the label
>on the control.

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Marshall Barton - 18 Nov 2005 00:33 GMT

That is wierd. The closest I can come to reproducing that
behavior is when I placing an independent lable on top of
the attached label :-\

The only other explanation I can think of is the usual
copout of some kind of corruption. If you don't get any
other ideas, try creating a new blank mdb file, setting you
references, options, etc. and importing everything from the
problem mdb. Not guaranteed to clear things up, but not a
great effort either.

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>The labels are the labels that were created when the buttons were created.
>When I select a button, the handle in the upper left corner of the label is
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>>select the related control and use Ctrl+V to Paste the label
>>on the control.

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Duane Hookom - 18 Nov 2005 05:17 GMT

If the control is disabled and locked, the labels will appear normal. If the
control is disable and not locked, the labels will appear disabled.

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> That is wierd. The closest I can come to reproducing that
> behavior is when I placing an independent lable on top of
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>>>select the related control and use Ctrl+V to Paste the label
>>>on the control.

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Marshall Barton - 18 Nov 2005 15:02 GMT

>If the control is disabled and locked, the labels will appear normal. If the
>control is disable and not locked, the labels will appear disabled.

In that case, the control will not be grayed out either.

Ahh, but it's rather difficult to tell if a radio button is
gray or normal. I do believe you're on to something here,
Duane.

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