Digital Workshop

Having used the original illuminatus, then Opus 2.6, and have been away for a few years, managed to buy (yep, buy, not download free!!!!) Opus Pro XE, and I'm amazed that such a common feature in ANY application for the last 15 years has to be, the Checkbox and Radio button graphics, is NOT still included.

Or am I over looking something... What I used to do was use the Push Button object, and import a picture of a checkbox empty, and another with a tick in the checkbox. This worked but was tedious (I know I can copy etc..)
But I find it strange that Opus doesn't just have these type of controls already built in????
Apart from that.. love the program (even though its got to be the longest loading time of any application I own!!!) - Im beginning to sound like a grumpy old man - Its my age!!!!!! HaHa

Brilliant Program!!!

You don't own Windows then?

Opus includes all manor of functionality to make life easier, like galleries and defaults.

Simply create this item and add it to a suitable gallery - all formatting and action is retained. You can also add to one of the defaults, so you can quickly create one of your check-boxes (etc) in the way you would create any other button except that it has your customisation applied.

As for the speed, try adding the Opus folder to your Virus exclusion section as some AVs don't like the program. Although adding a signature might help us all - you could be running a 286.

Mack

dj mark,

I do not know when DW may have introduced these to Opus feature set, but they are included. I believe they were there from v5.x onward. ('they' being checkbox and radio_button types --- set up in object Properties >>> Button >>> (select type) ).

I think in v6.0 or v6.4, DW added lots of extra Border templates... categorized for easy application. If you look at the "button borders", there are many pre-built styles and shapes --- you simply apply to the different Button states.

BTW, here is an image from Opus SAMPLE publication... which highlights the standard checkboxes and radio buttons, listboxes...

What you could do is download the free trial of OpusPro v6 (v6.4), and from the File menu, look at the Sample Publications.

Cheers,