TIP: Create Linear Multipage controls

Post Author: jeminar
CA Forum: Xcelsius and Live Office
Creating a single flash file with multiple "pages" that mean you can move from one to the next took us a long time to figure out, and we could not figure it out based on googling, this forum, or tech support at BO.A flash file with lots of tabs is shown in some of the examples, where each tab directs you to a new flash file. However, this is no good if the tabs are dependent on the inputs from previous pages, unless you store the results on a database and access them again.A solution we came up with is to create a linear multipage. This is a series of pages where you have to move through the pages in sequence, and each page has a Previous and Next button on it. (Except, of course the first page and the last page which don't have Previous and Next respectively).We created an extra page in Excel called something like "page control", and on each "page" we added 2 toggle buttons which represent the Previous and Next buttons. You format the On and Off positions of the toggle buttons to be the same, so when the user clicks, they don't realize that the button has changed state.The value of each of these buttons links to a cell on this "page control" sheet. In order to determine which page you are on, you apply the following rules, by deriving the following formulas on the page control sheet.A cell for TRUE when the toggle button state from Page 1 Next is the same as Page 2 PreviousAnother cell for TRUE when the toggle state from Page 2 Next is the same as Page 3 previousetc. You can have as many pages as you like.Note: each cell refers to the relationship between two adjacent sheets, so you end up with (n-1) TRUE/FALSE values if you have n "pages". In order to determine which page you are on, create a final cell which has:=COUNTIF(range with these TRUE/FALSE values,FALSE)The value of this cell with the COUNTIF formula states which page the user is on, and you set dynamic visibility based for the contents of each page based whether the page number equals this one.So far, we have not figured out how to allow users to move between "pages" at will, e.g. with a navigation bar.We are using this for two things: (1) for a quick survey, where there are a few pages of inputs followed by a calculated output; (2) for a tool which allows people to dig deeper into specific aspects of data.Now: we would love to know how to have a multipage that is controlled by a Navigation Bar.

Urmm, I'm not sure about the Fruityloops thing, but anyway...
Tips like this are great. It's a shame that we can't get a sticky thread or something for ideas like this. I think the problem with posting tips like this is that not everyone has the time to try it straight away, and quite often when they have a bit of time, the post has already joined the page 2 darkness... It would be really great to be able to have a tips thread where people could post, and you could delve into at your leisure. I know there's that one with lots of Audacity Works stuff in it, but I was thinking a Logic specific one that everyone could contribute to. I'm sure that lots of people have already suggested thing like this, but then again, maybe it's better to let them get on with the new forum and not bother them for a bit hehe.
Best, Fred

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