Hi All,

I would like to display a large field on a form

(requires the vertical scroll bar), but in order to "have" the

vertical bar the field properties must allow to enter the field...

I want to have scroll bar and NOT let the user access the field.

Don't want them to change the data... Do I have to create my

own up & down buttons to have script do the scroll??

Or did I miss something??

thanks, Dan

Create a calculation field that is just the contents of your text field - then place the calculation field on your layout with the scroll bars and allow the user to enter the field. They will be able to scroll the field, and even copy text, but will not be allowed to modify the text.

I thought there was a simple way!!!

thanks

Another option:

After you enter the data into the text field, go into field definitions, and select the autoenter tab. Check the Data checkbox (but leave the text box blank) and check the prohibit modification checkbox. The user can now enter the field, scroll and copy, but not modify.

This is the method I used to create static text displays in FM6 and earlier because it would keep the text formatting, whereas the calculation field would strip the formatting. In FM7 this isn't a problem because the calculation field won't lose the formatting, but this still saves one field definition.