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12-16-2010, 03:17 PM

s0mewhiteguy7 s0mewhiteguy7 is offline

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Checkboxes and text adding

so i am making this program for this guy i know and i am making it to where of check box1 is checked then it adds the text in textbox2 to textbox1 so you can copy and paste...but i have more then one checkbox so if i check 2 of them it makes it to where it only shows the text for the last check box that was checked...here is my script:

(the text is added/updated when you click on button1)

Code:

If CheckBox1.Checked Then
            TextBox1.Text = TextBox2.Text
            If CheckBox2.Checked Then
                TextBox1.Text = TextBox3.Text
                If CheckBox3.Checked Then
                    TextBox1.Text = TextBox4.Text
                    If CheckBox4.Checked Then
                        TextBox1.Text = TextBox5.Text
                        If CheckBox5.Checked Then
                            TextBox1.Text = TextBox6.Text
                            
                        End If
                    End If
                End If
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

i dont know what to do

Last edited by Gruff; 12-16-2010 at 04:43 PM.

12-16-2010, 03:22 PM

snarfblam

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It sounds like you want to show all checked items it TextBox1...

Why not clear TextBox1.Text first, then append any strings you want shown there.

Code:

' First you need to clear the text box (NOT SHOWN)
If CheckBox1.Checked Then
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " / " & TextBox2.Text
If CheckBox2.Checked Then
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " / " & TextBox3.Text
' and so on...

If you aren't familiar with the & operator, read all about it.

There are also two things I'm going to bother you about: First, you need better variable names, especially when you are asking other people to look at your code. "TextBox1" doesn't tell me anything about what the text box is for. It makes the code hard to read.

Second, please put code in [code] tags.

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12-16-2010, 07:11 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by snarfblam

It sounds like you want to show all checked items it TextBox1...

Why not clear TextBox1.Text first, then append any strings you want shown there.

Code:

' First you need to clear the text box (NOT SHOWN)
If CheckBox1.Checked Then
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " / " & TextBox2.Text
If CheckBox2.Checked Then
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " / " & TextBox3.Text
' and so on...

how exactly would you clear TextBox1.Text......it starts clear bu then i try adding after every "If" TextBox1.Text = "" but when i do that then it just ends up do the same thing that i was already having problems with

This is aggrivating and I'm a newb (obviously

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12-16-2010, 07:22 PM

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Do as snarfblam suggested and clear the textbox before you start comparing the checkboxes.

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12-17-2010, 04:26 PM

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I'm sorry...

Code:

' First you need to clear the text box (NOT SHOWN)
If CheckBox1.Checked Then
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " / " & TextBox2.Text
If CheckBox2.Checked Then
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " / " & TextBox3.Text
' and so on...

Should be

Code:

' First you need to clear the text box (NOT SHOWN)
If CheckBox1.Checked Then
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " / " & TextBox2.Text
End If
If CheckBox2.Checked Then
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & " / " & TextBox3.Text
End If
' and so on...

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