Assigning Child Values Using a Spreadsheet

You can use an Excel spreadsheet to provide child values in conditional lists instead of entering a list of values.

1. Open the Property Tab Builder.
2. To create a parent control, from the left column, drag a Radio, Checkbox, or List control into a Groupbox control in the Custom Properties column.
3. Set the Control Attributes for the parent control.
   1. Enter a Caption.
   2. Select a Name.
   3. For a Radio control, select a Quantity to specify the number of radio buttons for the control. You must have at least two radio buttons.
      For check boxes, set the default state.
   4. For Configurations, select Show on Custom Tab or Show on Configuration Specific Tab . Based on the selection, the Properties dialog box shows the properties on the Custom tab or the Configuration Properties tab.
4. Drag a List box below the parent control.
5. For the list control:
   1. Enter a Caption.
   2. For Parent, click and select the parent control.
      The attributes of the parent control are included in the Custom Property Attributes of the list control.

      For example, if the parent control is a radio control, the radio buttons are listed. If the parent control is a check box, the check box states are listed.

   3. Under Custom Property Attributes, for Type, select Excel File.
   4. For Path, specify the path to the spreadsheet or click to search for the file.
   5. For Range, specify the sheet and cells that contain the values for each parent option.
      For example, if the parent control is two radio buttons, to associate the values in cells A3 through A5 on Sheet1 with the first radio button, enter Sheet1(A3:A5).

      Under the second radio button, specify the sheet and cells that contain the values associated with that radio button.

6. Save the template.
7. Close the Property Tab Builder dialog box.