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First of all let's have a variable called IsPaid which could be set from a field in a database's recordset:

<%
IsPaid = objRS("IsPaid")
%>
Or from a posted form field:

<%
IsPaid = Request.Form("IsPaid")
%>
And within a form the checkbox input tag calls a custom function named jpsvbBoolToChecked() which basically just returns the word checked (which means that the checkbox would have a checkmark in it) if needed:

<input type="checkbox" name="IsPaid" <%= jpsvbBoolToChecked(IsPaid) %> value="Yes">
And here is the jpsvbBoolToChecked() function with several lines of comments toward the top which could reside on the same ASP page or be on an included page:

<%
Function jpsvbBoolToChecked(pvarFld)
  ' Convert True, "True", "true", "Yes", or "yes" to "checked", otherwise "".
  ' Used for dealing with HTML checkbox or radio button which has
  ' checked attribute if checked otherwise doesn't have it.
  ' Specifically use this in the input tag.
  ' Example (Checkbox): <input <%= jpsvbBoolToChecked(MyFld) %> blah... >
  ' Example (Radio Button): <input <%= jpsvbBoolToChecked(MyFld = "Red") %> blah... >

  If (pvarFld = True) Or (pvarFld = "True") Or (pvarFld = "true") Or (pvarFld = "Yes") Or (pvarFld = "yes") Then
    jpsvbBoolToChecked = "checked"
  Else
    jpsvbBoolToChecked = ""
  End If
End Function
%>
Thus the resulting HTML code which a user could see by doing right-click | View Source would either be this (and notice that the word checked is in here):

<input type="checkbox" name="IsPaid" checked value="Yes">
And would look like this:



Or the resulting HTML code would be this (and notice that the word checked is NOT in here):

<input type="checkbox" name="IsPaid" value="Yes">
And would look like this:




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