Multi-values Checkboxes

m-Power maintainer type applications have long supported checkboxes as alternative options to a text input.

A checkbox list in a web form would imply multiple values can be selected, as opposed to just one single value. This document will explain specifically how multi-value checkboxes can be set up in your maintainer form.

To implement:

1. Open m-Painter
2. Insert an option list on your input that will be a checkbox.

That’s it! Once you save and run your application, the checkbox option will appear and innately allow multiple selections:

In the database, the multiple selections will be stored in a single column, delimited with the || separator:

ID	QUESTION	ANSWER
1	What does Matt like to eat?	Cake||Peanuts
2	What does Billy like to eat?	Cake||Popcorn
3	What does Rick like to eat?	Cake||Cookies||Popcorn

Note: The default delimiter will be double pipes:

value1||value2||value3

If you wish to use a different symbol set as a delimiter, go to

Admin -> Dictionary Configuration -> Runtime Application Settings.

Here you should change the Delimiter for Multi Checkbox option to a character(s) of your choosing.