Re: Display-only items

What I do is set NAVIGABLE and ENABLED to FALSE. That way the user can only view information. You can not get to the data using the keyboard or mouse.

Antonio
Solar Software Inc.

Bob Cunningham wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:18:39 -0800, "Mark Cudmore"
> <mcudmore_at_kamloops.env.gov.bc.ca> wrote:
>
> >I want to create an item on a form that is visible, but I don't want the
> >user to navigate to it with their mouse. The only way I can do this is to
> >set the ENABLED property to False, but this greys out the item, making it
> >hard for the user to read it. What should I do?
> >
> >--
> >Mark Cudmore
> >email: mcudmore_at_kamloops.env.gov.bc.ca
> >
> >
> >
> As you seem to have found, setting the NAVIGABLE property to False
> will stop keyboard navigation but not the mouse. You could add a
> PRE-TEXT-ITEM trigger to this item that simply RAISEs a
> FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE. This will stop all navigation to the item.
>
> Bob Cunningham
> bcunn_at_oanet.com
Received on Thu Mar 19 1998 - 00:00:00 CET