Or, if you need a multi-level menu or a menu that had too many entries for a drop down to be a good choice...
You could change the character field to "Display as Text". This prevents anyone from typing into the field and removes the edit box. BUT, a menu attached to that field is still active and can be selected from. The user cannot type but they can select. This look may not be right for what you are getting at, but it is an option if you want to have a complex menu. It looks like you have a solution that works (the drop down) but I wanted to offer an alternate idea that may be appropriate for other situations. Doug Mueller ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Trimnell Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 3:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Restricting to type on menu feild ** Pavan Kumar wrote: ** Hi List, I have a text box attached with menu, I wanted to restrict user to select from the displayed menu only, they should not type, is there any way to restrict. Your help is appreciated. Thanks & Regards, Pavan Kumar Pavan, In the Developer Suite or Admin Tool (depending on your AR System version) the display type of the character field needs to be changed from 'Edit' to 'Drop-Down List'. This will restrict the ability for users to "roll their own" entry. Hope this helps, Ian ________________________________ Ian Trimnell, AR System Lead Developer (amongst other jobs), Specialist Support & Development, Training & Support Services, Academic & Administrative Computing Service Open University, MILTON KEYNES, UK Phone: 01908 653741 web: http://www.open.ac.uk/ The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
