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Checkbox Compatibility Issue

Piki -  
 Piki -
Hello,

I will explain my problem: I created a Word 2007 document with checkboxes and some VBA behind it to allow, for example, checking a checkbox for Yes and unchecking the No checkbox. The code is relatively simple.

However, after updating to Word 2013, the document I created has had several formatting issues (not too problematic) but also major issues with the checkboxes, which become images and can no longer be checked. Is there a solution to remedy this problem?

Thank you in advance :D

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C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   2 250
 
Hello Piki,

I am surprised that the checkboxes have turned into images because, to my knowledge, there has been no change regarding this between version 2007 and 2013.

Personally, I have not encountered any issues concerning the opening and conversion of a form with a fairly complex layout and with macros, especially on checkboxes to make them exclusive.
My "checkboxes" were from the "Legacy Tools" in the "Legacy Forms" list (checkbox { FORMCHECKBOX }) and not from the "ActiveX Controls." I haven't checked with the latter.

If you want to upload a small excerpt of your Word 2007 document to https://www.cjoint.com/ and share the obtained link in your next message, we might be able to verify if we have the same issue.

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C-Claire
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Piki
 
Unfortunately, for legal reasons, I cannot take the document out of my company.
To explain the problem in more detail, my checkboxes (ActiveX Control) created in Word 2007 work randomly in Word 2013. In fact, some checkboxes work, while others do not, even though they were created in the same way.
Moreover, when I activate and then deactivate the design mode, the checkboxes work again, but then revert to object/image format after a few actions.
As a result, I'm really lost on this.
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C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   2 250 > Piki
 
Piki,

you could have emptied the document of its content except for the checkboxes that are problematic and by changing the labels for example.

But, already, your checkboxes are not converted into images as I had understood in your first message.
What you call the "object/image format" is probably the activation of "Creation" mode.
To test the checkboxes, Creation mode must be disabled, you know all this. This manipulation doesn’t happen by itself. There might be something incorrect in the macro.

Have you converted your form to the 2013 format so that it is no longer in compatibility mode? And then, have you compiled the macros to see if there were any errors or incompatibilities?

C-Claire
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Piki > C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention  
 
I also thought about activating the "Creation" mode, but what's strange is that when the checkboxes cannot be checked, if I were in creation mode, I could double-click to access the VBA code assigned to them. But that doesn't happen; double-clicking does nothing. And there's no explanation for having checkboxes that work all the time and others that work randomly.

Yes, I tested by converting to Word 2013; it doesn't work any better.

I compiled the macros, and apparently, there are no errors on that side. Moreover, I don't have any errors popping up when my code is supposed to trigger.

And a troubling point: at one place in my document, I have 3 checkboxes "Yes," "No," "Undecided." If I check one of the three, and then check another, the first one unchecks. To avoid having multiple answers. These 3 checkboxes work perfectly.
Further along in the doc, I have 2 checkboxes "Yes," "No." Same functionality. But these checkboxes don't always work. So the VBA code doesn't seem to be the issue since it's the same in both cases.
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C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   2 250 > Piki
 
Piki,

the "random" aspect of the malfunction bothers me...
Are you sure it worked perfectly in Word 2007?

While waiting for another participant to provide you with a solution, I suggest creating a new native Word 2013 document, copying/pasting the 2 checkboxes and the associated code into it, and running a test.
If it's okay, add the 3 other checkboxes and their code and test again.

C-Claire
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Piki > C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention  
 
I had other issues with Word 2007 but not with the checkboxes.
Yes, that's what I will do, hoping everything will be back to normal.

Thank you for your advice anyway and for taking the time on my problem :D
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