Re: Restricted Fields in Forms 3.0

Dwayne K. Lanclos (lanclosd_at_bcstec.ca.boeing.com) wrote:
: We've got a case here where we want to restrict certain fields on a form
: to be updateable by only two special (administrative) users. All the other
: fields in the table can be changed by regular users. The DBA restricted
: these fields in the Oracle database, but then the regular users couldn't
: update the form.
 

: We also tried changing the field attributes to "not updateable" on-the-fly,
: but that didn't seem to work, either. We don't want to create a special form
: just for the two administrative users. What should we do?
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: Dwayne K. Lanclos lanclosd_at_lacmhs.boeing.com
Changing field attributes with focus on a field doesn't work. Make the field attribute changes in a KEY-STARTUP trigger. When I do that I can do the same things that you want to do.

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+      Christian Mondrup                                                      +
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