Possibly. :) Globals are set once before the file goes to the server. Without taking the file down, you can push the same calculation into the field with a script, called upon opening.
Beverly On 11/13/08 5:45 PM, "Mary E. MacNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in whole or in part: > I've followed these instructions carefully, > but it's not working, alas. > Ah, it occurs to me, (finally) could it be because the field in > question is a global field? > > Mary E. MacNeil > Database Manager > University of Virginia Press > P.O. Box 400318 > Charlottesville VA 22904-4318 > FAX: 434.982.2655 > VOX: 434.243-2367 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Beverly Voth wrote: >> On 11/13/08 2:41 PM, "Mary E. MacNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in whole >> or in part: >> >> >>> How can I make a checkbox control display >>> all boxes checked as the default? Currently >>> has one checked by default, but I can't see where >>> that is being set. >>> >> >> >> Mary, the field is only "formatted" as checkbox on the layout. If you place >> the same field (not formatted) on the layout, you'll see that the >> information is "return-delimited". Everything that is "checked" will be in >> the unformatted field, the other items are not. >> >> To make the field "default" is to set it up in the Define Fields dialog. >> Because this field has many values (with a return between each of them), I'd >> go to the original definition for the value list, copy the values. Then go >> to the define fields option for the field and "auto-enter" by calculation. >> The calculation will be the "literal" values you copied. That means you need >> to put them in quotes and signify the return character "¶" (Pilcrow) where >> needed. >> >> So a value list with: >> Red >> Green >> Blue >> >> Will be pasted into the define fields option for auto-enter calculation as: >> >> "Red¶Green¶Blue" >> >> Close dialog box and from then on the field will have these values CHECKED >> when a new record is created. >> >> >> An interesting aside: the ORDER in which checkboxes are "checked" will >> determine the order of the values in the field (unformatted). Try it! >> >> HTH, >> >>
