Checkbox color

Is there any way to make the insides of checkboxes a different color 

Helpful Harry wrote:

> In article <ws21-14137D.15310813032008@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>,
Bill
> Steele <ws21@cornell.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Is there any way to make the insides of checkboxes a different color 
>>from the rest of the field?
> 
> 
> Sort of.
> 
>    - Set the field to use a transparent / no fill colour.
> 
>    - Use the Rectangle tool and draw small rectangles over each
>      checkbox and set to whatever fill colour you want. (Using
>      the Zoom function will help.) Select all of these small
>      rectangles and send the to the back.
> 
>    - Still using the Rectangle tool, draw another larger rectangle
>      covering the entire field set to the other colour you want.
>      Send this rectangle to the back.
> 
> You'll end up with basically three layers: "field" colour,
checkbox
> colour and finally transparent field on the top.
> 
> BUT, there is a bug (not sure if it's all versions of FileMaker) when
> the user enters a field in Browse / Find mode where the field
> temporarily loses it's transparency.  :o(

That can be overcome by removing entry to the checkbox field and making 
the "checkbox color" object a button attached to a script which
toggles 
that value.

In article <ws21-14137D.15310813032008@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, Bill
Steele <ws21@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Is there any way to make the insides of checkboxes a different color 
> from the rest of the field?

Sort of.

   - Set the field to use a transparent / no fill colour.

   - Use the Rectangle tool and draw small rectangles over each
     checkbox and set to whatever fill colour you want. (Using
     the Zoom function will help.) Select all of these small
     rectangles and send the to the back.

   - Still using the Rectangle tool, draw another larger rectangle
     covering the entire field set to the other colour you want.
     Send this rectangle to the back.

You'll end up with basically three layers: "field" colour, checkbox
colour and finally transparent field on the top.

BUT, there is a bug (not sure if it's all versions of FileMaker) when
the user enters a field in Browse / Find mode where the field
temporarily loses it's transparency.  :o(

Helpful Harry                   

In article <bfgCj.6095$7d1.1093@news01.roc.ny>, Vandar
<vandar69@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Helpful Harry wrote:
> 
> > In article
<ws21-14137D.15310813032008@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, Bill
> > Steele <ws21@cornell.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Is there any way to make the insides of checkboxes a different
color 
> >>from the rest of the field?
> > 
> > 
> > Sort of.
> > 
> >    - Set the field to use a transparent / no fill colour.
> > 
> >    - Use the Rectangle tool and draw small rectangles over each
> >      checkbox and set to whatever fill colour you want. (Using
> >      the Zoom function will help.) Select all of these small
> >      rectangles and send the to the back.
> > 
> >    - Still using the Rectangle tool, draw another larger rectangle
> >      covering the entire field set to the other colour you want.
> >      Send this rectangle to the back.
> > 
> > You'll end up with basically three layers: "field" colour,
checkbox
> > colour and finally transparent field on the top.
> > 
> > BUT, there is a bug (not sure if it's all versions of FileMaker) when
> > the user enters a field in Browse / Find mode where the field
> > temporarily loses it's transparency.  :o(
> 
> That can be overcome by removing entry to the checkbox field and making 
> the "checkbox color" object a button attached to a script which
toggles 
> that value.

True. I'd forgotten about that.  :o)

Helpful Harry