Checkboxes...I need a push in the right direction.

[CodeSteward]

Hello everyone I am new to learning coding in general and am looking for something that will help me with check boxes. I am working with the VB coding language as presented in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate.

I want to know if it is possible to create certain events if a certain amount of check boxes are checked? There are 10 check boxes I want to do this with.

Basically this is what I am trying to do...

If ONLY ONE check box is checked, REGARDLESS of which one it is, I want a message to pop up.

If two check boxes are checked REGARDLESS of which ones they are a different message pops up BUT it ignores completing the first action if only one check box were checked.

Essentially I am trying to avoid the situation presented in this video http://howtostartprogramming.com/vb-...and-check-box/ where checking all of the boxes will produce multiple check boxes. I only want one message to pop up regardless of how many check boxes are checked, but I want a different message based on how many check boxes are checked.

I know the following isn't the coding required, but it may explain things a little better than I could?

 
 
 
EVENT A is this happening
EVENT B is this happening
EVENT C is this happening
SOLUTION A is this
SOLUTION B is this
SOLUTION C is this
 
IF "event a" THEN "solution a"  
END IF
 
IF "event b" THEN "solution b"
    ELSE
       ignore "event a" and "solution a" 
END IF
 
IF "event c" THEN "solution c" 
    ELSE
       ignore "event a" and "solution a" 
    ELSE
       ignore "event b" and "solution b" 
END IF
 
So I'm thinking some kind of counter is needed?
 

[Luk3r]

You could do something like what I've posted below. Hope it helps. All the checkBox events use the same action and the checked boxes are counted. Pretty straight forward:

    Private Sub CheckBoxAction()
        Dim checkCount As Integer = 0
 
        For Each checkedBox As CheckBox In Controls
            If checkedBox.Checked = True Then
                checkCount = checkCount + 1
            End If
        Next
 
        If checkCount = 1 Then
            MsgBox("1")
        ElseIf checkCount = 2 Then
            MsgBox("2")
        ElseIf checkCount = 3 Then
            MsgBox("3")
        ElseIf checkCount = 4 Then
            MsgBox("4")
        ElseIf checkCount = 5 Then
            MsgBox("5")
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
        CheckBoxAction()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub CheckBox2_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox2.CheckedChanged
        CheckBoxAction()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub CheckBox3_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox3.CheckedChanged
        CheckBoxAction()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub CheckBox4_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox4.CheckedChanged
        CheckBoxAction()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub CheckBox5_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox5.CheckedChanged
        CheckBoxAction()
    End Sub