Here's what I hope is a simple one. I want to display field data from a parent record in a layout so that the user can see this information when entering data in the child.

The parent information is prose, and the length of it will be highly variable. I *don't* want the user to be editing this parent information while in the child layout.

I'd like to just put a textbox there and make it non-enterable so that it's clear its just for display . . . but when I do so, the *scrollbar* is rendered inoperable. Dang.

My other option seems to be displaying the information with a Merge Field -- but then the variable length of the prose information will make it impossible to control in terms of the space it takes up on the layout (there's no such think as a scrolling merge field, is there?).

Again, I just want to be able to display related parent data in a limited piece of real estate.

What am missing?

If you are using vs. 9, I believe you'll need to create a calculation and place the calculation on the layout with a scroll bar. Then the data can't be modified but User can scroll.

If vs. 11, one might consider placing regular parent field on child layout and attaching script trigger on Object Keystroke, maybe something like:

Go To Field [ that field ]

Halt Script

I would bet there are more clever ways with vs. 11 as well.

Nope - one can still paste into the field. :crazy2:

Edited May 8, 201015 yr by Guest
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