Microsoft® Office InfoPath™ 2003 Kick Start

The Option Button Control

The option button control allows you to insert a set of one or more radio buttons that provide a mutually exclusive choice. In other words, you can choose one choice (not several, as you could from a set of check box controls). When you drag an option button control from the Controls task pane, you will be asked how many option controls you want to form the set. Choose the number appropriate to your situation.

For example, if you want to collect gender information, you would, of course, want two options. When you select two option buttons, they will be placed in the form area with a default name of field1 or the name of a chosen field in the data source. To specify the labels for each option, simply edit the labels for ...