Disabling F3 dynamically

Kec

Hi,
does anybody know if you can dynamically forbid the user to open a new record (by pressing F3) on a card form?

I have a situation in which I don't want the user to be able to leave the current record until he clicks some button. So far, I managed to keep the user on the current record in all situations except when he presses F3.

any help will bi greatly appriciated.

Savatage

there is a mention of disabling F3/F4 in this post.

I have not tried it myself.

http://www.mbsonline.org/forum/topic.as ... disable,f3

maybe it will be helpful.

Savatage

just for a test - I opened my Sales Quote form.

Opened Designer - View - properties - & Changed EDITABLE=NO

& I can no Longer F3

Then I Tried

EDITABLE=YES
ALLOW INSERT=NO

& I can no longer F3

Maybe you can use this as is or in a code.

IF (YOUR BUTTON) Then Allow Insert=Yes

type-o-thing

Kec

Savatage wrote:

Maybe you can use this as is or in a code.

IF (YOUR BUTTON) Then Allow Insert=Yes

type-o-thing

thanks,
but you can't change the "Allow Insert" property dynamically...

wonmo

for form property InsertAllowed select FALSE.

Create an "insert button", declare a variable of the table that the form is using and attach this code:

table.INSERT(TRUE);
GET(table."No.");

Now, it's easy to state any condition that you want to specify before anyone can insert a record.

I have implemented explicit edit and insert functionality for all the custom forms that I have created such that edits/inserts are allowed only after pressing their respective buttons. Also, navigation is impossible unless either the insert/edit is saved or cancelled. So, if you have any other questions feel free to ask.