Re: FLASH: Help with Multiple Options

[Henk van Rijssen]

At 17:34 14-9-99 , you wrote:

>There are 5 checkboxes. The user can check any combination of boxes, each

>combination would deliver a different response. I'm not sure how to go about

>setting this up. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.


Hi Eric,


With 5 checkboxes and any combinaton allowed you have 32 possible combinations.

Although I've never done this in Flash you might try this:


lets call the 5 checkboxes A, B, C, D and E

Assign to all checkboxes a variable

When a checkbox isn't selected the value for the variable for that checkbox

is 0, otherwise it gets a value depending on which checkbox is selected:


A.........value 1

B......... value 2

C.......... value 4

D......... value 8

E .........value 16


When the user submits his/her choices make a sum of all variables.

The value of the sum holds now the information which chekbox(es) is/are

selected.


Sum variables = 0   no checkboxes selected

Sum variables = 1   checkbox A selected

Sum variables = 2 checkbox B selected

Sum variable = 3 checkbox A and B selected

Sum variables = 4 checkbox C selected

Sum variable = 5 checkboxes C and A selected

etc.


Based upon the value of the sum of the variables you know which checkboxes

are selected and can give the correct response for that choice


HTH (a little)


Henk van Rijssen






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