Field not editable, but scrollable

[ddreese]

Can I format a field to 'include vertical scrollbar' and also have the data non-editable? I have some forms that are psuedo-"read only", and a few of the fields require a scrollbar. But when I disallow any entry into the fields, the scrollbar no longer works.

[-Queue-]

You can make a calculation field equal to another field and put this field on the layout. It will be scrollable but unmodifiable when you allow entry.

[ddreese]

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping I was overlooking some easier way, but it's better then nothing!

[Vaughan]

Nothing is easier than a simple single calculation field!

[-Queue-]

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Don't ask me why that reminded me of it...

[Ugo DI LUCA]

Why ?

I can't see any spanish cow here around. Were Mathematicians part of the Spanish inquisition ?

Version: v6.x

Platform: Mac OS 9

[-Queue-]

Only the 'heretical' ones, which would definitely include me if I'd been around to deal with Ferdinand and the like.

[Lee Smith]

Hi Vaughan,

Perhaps ddreese was thinking there was a simple checkbox in the "Format Field" options to do this reather than needing to create a separate field, at least that is the way I read the reply.

Lee

FileMaker Version: v6.x

Platform: Mac OS 9

[BobWeaver]

In the field definition options dialog, if you select one of the autoenter options, then you can check the "do not allow modifications" box. This has limited applications, but it has an advantage in read only types of databases. I have created help files with the text fields filled with the descriptive help data, and then gone back into the field definition options and checked the "do not allow mods" box. By doing this you don't need a second set of calc fields. But the big advantage is that your scrollable fields can contain styled text. I don't know any other way to get scrollable unmodifiable styled text.