CHECKBOX Control

CHECKBOX Control

The CHECKBOX Type is used to create a check box for entering true/false data on a Logger form

Required Fields

Order

The order in which the controls are read in by the program

Title

The text to be shown on the display

Optional Fields

Autoclear

The control is automatically cleared (deselected) when data is saved

DbTitle

Column heading for the output database. (This will default to the Title if this field is not completed)

Hint

Text for a hint to be displayed when entering data in the control

PostTitle

Additional text to display after the input box.

Required

Forces the user to fill in the input box before the form can be saved

Plot

If this is true (-1 in Access, generally any non zero or non null number) then data from this form can be plotted if the check box is selected. Note that there are extensive plot options available from the Display / Logger forms menu.

NMEA Input

NMEA_Module

The name of the NMEA module from which data should be harvested

NMEA_String

The name of the NMEA string containing the data

NMEA_Position

The position of the data item in the NMEA string. Strings are comma separated, the 0’the item will be the string name, the 1’st item the one after that, etc.

The checkbox will be set to true if the NMEA data is a non-null character of any type that is not “0”.

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