Allowing user to scroll text field but not edit

[robert2504]

Hello everyone,

I have a field that I want the user to view but not edit. The field has a scroll bar. I also have a Data Entry Screen where I modify and edit the contents of that field. How can I allowed the user to use the scroll bar without changing the contents of that field. When I uncheck the box for Allow field to be entered in the Field Behavior, it does not allow the user to scroll down when there is more text to be viewed.

Thanks for any help

[Fitch]

One old trick is to create a calculated field that is equal to your original field, then put the calc field on the layout instead of the original.

[robert2504]

Thank You that worked perfect

[murtje]

You can also set the priviliges of the layout to view only (All fields will not be modifiable):

Records via this layout: View only

Or you can setup the privilege of that field on view only.

Koen

[Ken Newell]

You can also autoenter "" into the field, select that it can not be modified. Capture the information into a global on your data entry and set the field to the global. This allows the field to be scrolled, searched on but the contents can not be changed except via a set field command. This does not need an additional calc field for display purposes and this lockdown works on any layout you put the field without any changes to field format.