Re: forms 4.5 Enabled property /Bevel property

That works fine unless you want to be able to include the item in a query, which is what I assumed. We normally allow queries on
every item (except where inappropriate
of course)

John

>Michael Hsueh wrote
>
>Q1. Change the item type from TEXT_ITEM to DISPLAY_ITEM.
>
>Jomarlen wrote:
>
>> >Tracey Berukoff <tlberukoff_at_boco.co.gov>
>> > wrote
 

>> >2 questions. I have display only fields on my form. If I set the
>> >navigable property to false, the user can still go to them by clicking
>> >the mouse, which I don't want. If I set the enabled property to false,
>> >it works great but the text in the item is greyed out. Is there any way
>> >to use ENABLED = FALSE without greying out the text??
>> >
>> >Also, can I dynamically change the bevel property of an item at run
>> >time??
>> >
>> Hi
>>
>> Question 1:
>>
>> Create a pre-text-item trigger
>> Begin
>> RAISE Form_Trigger_Failure;
>> END;
>>
>> This will prevent navigation to the item.
>>
>> Question 2:
>>
>> You can't change the bevel at runtime. What you could do
>> is create another item (probably a mirror item) item in the same
>> physical location and toggle the display properties of the two.
>> (don't forget setting the displayed propertyto false also
>> sets the Enabled and Navigable item properties to False
>> sets Updateable to False
>> sets the Update_NULL item property to False
>> sets the Required item property to False
>> sets the Queryable item property to False)
>>
>> Regards
>> John
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Received on Fri Jan 02 1998 - 00:00:00 CET