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Chapter 9: Forms User Manual
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Radio Button
A radio button is a type of graphical user interface widget that allows you to choose
one of a predefined set of options. For creating, moving, resizing, deleting, duplicating
the buttons and setting tab order please refer to “Push button”.
Tip: How to toggle radio buttons
For the radio buttons in a group, they should have the same form field name but with
different export values. This ensures that the radio buttons toggle and that the correct
values will be collected in the database.
1. Please use copy-paste to create multiple copies if having more than one form field with
the same name. After this, to make the value usable, you have to change the value of
the radio buttons to make sure all radio buttons have the same field name but different
export value.
2. Please note you cannot use “Create Multiple Copies” option if there is more than one
radio button with the same name. A warning message will pop up if you right click and
choosing Create Multiple Copies.
 Set radio button properties
How a radio button behaves is determined by settings in the Radio Button Properties
dialog box. You can set properties that apply formatting, determine the appearance
and actions, and so forth.
The radio button has a General tab, an Appearance tab, a Position tab, an Actions tab,
and an Options tab as push button.
1. The General tab
Most items in this tab are the same as the ones in the properties of Push Button.
Please refer to Set Push Button Properties for details. For the Required option:
 Required – Forces the user to click the radio button. If the user attempts to submit
the form while a required radio button is not chosen, an error message appears.
2. The Appearance tab for the radio button properties
The Appearance properties determine how the radio button looks on the page. The
Appearance tab in push button properties contains the following options:
 Line Style – Alters the appearance of the frame. Select Solid, Dashed, Beveled,