ToggleButton.TripleState property (Access)

Use the TripleState property to specify how the specified control displays Null values. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression.TripleState

expression A variable that represents a ToggleButton object.

Remarks

The Null property uses the following settings.

Setting Description
True The control will cycle through states for Yes, No, and Null values. The control appears dimmed (grayed) when its Value property is set to Null.
False (Default) The control will cycle through states for Yes and No values. Null values display as if they were No values.

This property can be set in any view.

Example

The following example displays a message describing in detail the state of a check box named Check1 on the form frmOperations.

Dim strTripleState As String 
 
strTripleState = Forms.Item("frmOperations").Controls.Item("Check1").TripleState 
 
Select Case strTripleState 
 Case True 
 MsgBox "For Check1, TripleState = " & strTripleState & _ 
 ". The control will cycle through states for Yes, No, " & _ 
 "and Null values. The control appears dimmed (grayed) " & _ 
 "when its Value property is set to Null." 
 Case False 
 MsgBox "For Check1, TripleState = " & strTripleState & _ 
 ". The control will cycle through states for Yes and No " & _ 
 "values. Null values display as if they were No values." 
 Case Else 
 MsgBox "Can't determine the TripleState property for Check1." 
End Select 

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