How to lock a field?

[mmonsalveg]

hi.. is there some way to lock a field after i write on it? ...

thanks for your help

[Matthew F]

The obvious way is to run a script which changes to a layout which is identical to the first except that field behavior is set to not allow entry in browse mode. As far as I know there isn't a good way to trigger a script simply on the action of leaving a field. You could require that the user clicks an 'done' button which switches the layout. Or you you could start a script before the data entry with three steps:

1. Go to field(x)

2. Pause (indefinitely)

3. Go to Layout (Locked layout)

In this case the data entry would occur while the script is paused.