Can you call Modify Record with code either lock and reload the record(s), or disable entry for all objects?
Keith - CDI > On Feb 6, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Jim Crate via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From a listbox view, I’d like to open the input form for a record but not > allow the user to change any info. I tried using DISPLAY RECORD instead of > MODIFY RECORD, but it just displays the form and immediately closes. If I set > the table to read only before loading the record, MODIFY RECORD just shows an > alert complaining that the record is locked, and doesn’t show the input form. > So I set the form fields to be not enterable, but while text can be selected, > it can’t be copied. > > I thought about using DIALOG, but that would require specifying the input > form name in a variable higher up the call chain, because while we can use > FORM SET INPUT to set the input form for a table, there is no accompanying > "Form Get Input” command that I can find. I know this could probably be > plugged into form storage instead of a process variable in V17, but I’m not > on v17 yet and logically that’s not much different than using a process > variable, we’re still introducing a separate place to store some data that we > should be able to get the same way we specify it. > > Is there a convenient way to mimic the ease of DISPLAY SELECTION / MODIFY > SELECTION to allow read/only or read/write access when using a listbox? Is > DIALOG the only option? > > Also, is there a way to make a field non-enterable but allow text to be > copied? > > Jim Crate > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
