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Pro Control Types
Different control types can be used on the Prompts Screen. Edit boxes, radio buttons, and checkboxes are different ways to control your prompt. The different control types are: 1 = Edit Box 2 = First Radio Button 3 = 2nd or greater Radio Button 4 = Checkbox 5 = Combo Box 6 = Formula Enabled Hidden Prompt 10 = Edit Box that is not enabled
By entering in a number in the control type column, it will change the prompt to the corresponding prompt control. Edit Box The Edit Box control type will change the prompt to allow the user to input any number for a quantity or a dimension. Radio Buttons Radio Buttons can be used to allow the user a choice between certain options. For example, if you wanted to allow the user to select between a right swing door or a left swing door, you would use a radio button prompt. When working with radio buttons you must have at least two prompts that you would like to use. They must also be right underneath each other in the prompts list. The first prompt will have a control type of "2". Each prompt after that one that you would like in your radio button option, must have a control type of "3". This will group all of those prompts into one radio button option. Checkbox The Checkbox control type is used to turn values on or off. An example of a checkbox in a product is the finished ends. If you would like a finished end, then you would check the Finished End checkbox on the prompts page. While using a checkbox, a value of "1" in the value column means that the prompt is turned on. A value of "0" means that the prompt is turned off. Combo Box A Combo Box will create a drop box with a list of options available for that prompt. The options available are listed in the "Combo Box Value" column. Each of the different options are separated by a "|" (pipe) symbol. Formula Enabled Hidden Prompt The Formula Enabled Hidden Prompt will allow you to hide certain prompts that may not be available with the current global configuration. For example, if you have prompts in your product that you wish to display only while the face frame global is turned on, you can write a formula in the control type to turn it off or on with the "6" control type. Your formula could look like this: =IF(G!Use_Face_Frame=1,1,6). This formula says that if the face frame global variable is set to “1”, which means on, then use an Edit box prompt. If the face frame global variable is set to anything else besides "1", which means off, then use the "6" control type. The "6" control type will then hide this prompt from the user on the prompts page. Edit Box that is not Enabled The last option that is available while using control types is an Edit Box that is not Enabled, or a control type of "10". This will display an edit box that is not allowed to be changed from the prompts page. The edit box will be grayed out and will not allow the user to change the prompt value.
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