Hello all:

I have allowed "Other " to be a choice in the value lists of one of my
fields. The users would like to see what the other is without
clicking on it.

Is there a way of displaying entries into the "Other"? (I can think
of creating another field called "other" and letting the users enter
data into it. Not a neat way of doing it, though)

Sam

In article <1185744028.256170.50040 [at] z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
SamMc <FMP_account [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all:
>
> I have allowed "Other " to be a choice in the value lists of one of my
> fields. The users would like to see what the other is without
> clicking on it.
>
> Is there a way of displaying entries into the "Other"? (I can think
> of creating another field called "other" and letting the users enter
> data into it. Not a neat way of doing it, though)

I'm guessing you're using a field formatted as either Radio Buttons or
Checkboxes, since fields formatted as Pop-up Menus do actually display
the typed-in "Other" data. (Pop-up lists can't use "Other" at all).

There are probably lots of different ways to achieve what you want.


The easiest way is to simply put a second copy of the field on the
Layout that is formatted to be a normal field (ie. not checkbox, not
pop-up menu, etc.). This second copy would then display the actual
value entered into the field - whether it's one of the Value List
options or a typed in "Other" option.


A better looking, but still easy, way would be to have a separate field
to store the typed-in "Other" value. Instead of using the "include
Other" option in the Field Format window, you add the word "Other" to
your actual Value List. Users can then choose other and type the data
they want in the extra field. You can use various tricks to make this
look and work better if you really want to.

There are other ways, but they can get quite complicated, especially if
using Checkboxes.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

On Jul 29, 9:08 pm, Helpful Harry <helpful_ha... [at] nom.de.plume.com>
wrote:
> In article <1185744028.256170.50... [at] z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
>
> SamMc <FMP_acco... [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all:
>
> > I have allowed "Other " to be a choice in the value lists of one of my
> > fields. The users would like to see what the other is without
> > clicking on it.
>
> > Is there a way of displaying entries into the "Other"? (I can think
> > of creating another field called "other" and letting the users enter
> > data into it. Not a neat way of doing it, though)
>
> I'm guessing you're using a field formatted as either Radio Buttons or
> Checkboxes, since fields formatted as Pop-up Menus do actually display
> the typed-in "Other" data. (Pop-up lists can't use "Other" at all).
>
> There are probably lots of different ways to achieve what you want.
>
> The easiest way is to simply put a second copy of the field on the
> Layout that is formatted to be a normal field (ie. not checkbox, not
> pop-up menu, etc.). This second copy would then display the actual
> value entered into the field - whether it's one of the Value List
> options or a typed in "Other" option.
>
> A better looking, but still easy, way would be to have a separate field
> to store the typed-in "Other" value. Instead of using the "include
> Other" option in the Field Format window, you add the word "Other" to
> your actual Value List. Users can then choose other and type the data
> they want in the extra field. You can use various tricks to make this
> look and work better if you really want to.
>
> There are other ways, but they can get quite complicated, especially if
> using Checkboxes.
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

Thank you very much, all users liked the solution (a second copy of
the field).

Sam