Example 8, Fill-in-the-Blank Text (Gaps) and Choose Box

As example of Fill-in-the-Blank Text with Choose Boxes - let’s say that we would like to have this - (Look at illustration1, illustration 2) - on the screen when using ADPlayer. A slight modification (see below on this page) will give this looking  illustration 1, illustration 2 to that same question.

To obtain the result we do the following steps with ADWorks.

- Use the command New Source Document or open the document where you want to add the steps of the current example. This description will add the new elements to Document_Ex7.ADsrc and the modified document will be saved with the name Document_Ex8.ADsrc. It can be found on the CD in the folder Sample/Try This/FolderEx8/

- Use Static Text from the menu Create Elements of ADWorks and use the Def. button to get upper part of this illustration.
- Use Fill-in-the-Blank Text (Gaps) from the menu Create Elements of ADWorks and use the Def. button to get the lower part of this illustration.
- Use Choose Box from the menu Create Elements.
- Optional step: Do the "Same Color Operation" for the created Choose Box. See Result.
- Use his Def. button to define his list like this on the List Tab.
- Use now 6 times Duplication with permanent Link from menu Create Elements. See Result.
- Use the Eval. button of each Choose Box and fill the Evaluation Table like this (1 illustation for 7 steps).
- Create a Validater with the menu Create Elements and link the seven Choose Boxes to that Validater. (Select the eight elements and click Link on the Validater). Note: if you would like the user to submit one by one then we would create one Validater for each Choose Box.

Let's do the references now
- Click Eval. button of the Static Text and associate like this.
- Click Eval. button of the Fill-in-the-Blank Text and associate like this and we choose the type Choose Text Replace, Fixed Position, Customisable Size. (This is called Type 3 at Ex7, see it) Text Replace will replace the Referenced Text with the chosen text. Fixed Position will place the Choose Box automatically to the right of the text, at the same heigth as the referenced text. (To avoid "line chang" I used Carriage Return in the text). With Customisable Size you define yourself the size.

We are ready for a temporary jump to ADPlayer to test the new group. It looks like illustration 1 and illustration 2.

On the CD you find this example in the folder Sample/Try This/FolderEx8/
The files there are

- Document_Ex8.ADsrc  (the source file; a "W" in the icon)
- Document_Ex8.ADcomp  (the compiled file; a "P" in the icon)

These steps present also a version

A slight modification. The following result ( illustration 1, illustration 2  ) is obtained by one simpel modification: Use Eval. of the Fill-in-Blank Text and change to type 2, which is Element in situ. More about, see and refer Exercice 6, the 9 types of Fill-in-Blank Text
See
- Document_Ex8 bis.ADsrc  (the source file; a "W" in the icon)
- Document_Ex8 bis.ADcomp  (the compiled file; a "P" in the icon)
in Sample/Try This/FolderEx8/ on the CD

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