Create a checkbox
- Last UpdatedApr 09, 2025
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A checkbox control enables an operator to select an option.
To configure a checkbox control
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Create the checkbox. Do the following:
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From the Wizard Selection dialog box, select Windows Control Wizards. The control wizard icons appear.
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Double-click the checkbox icon. Your application window reappears and the cursor changes to a Left corner symbol.
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Select a location in the application window to place the wizard. The checkbox wizard appears.

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Drag and resize the wizard.
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Double-click the wizard. The Checkbox Control dialog box appears.

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Configure the wizard. Do the following:
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Type the control name.
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Type the discrete tag name, or double-click the empty tagname box to show the Select Tagname dialog, and select a tag.
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Type the caption to appear on the face of the button.
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Select OK.