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Search only mode?
Mar 27th, 2008 at 1:11pm
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Is there a way to set a form so that it opens in a search only mode...a mode that does not also allow updates to occur?
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Re: Search only mode?
Reply #1 - Mar 27th, 2008 at 1:19pm
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You can make all the elements on the form read-only.
  
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Reply #2 - Mar 27th, 2008 at 3:15pm
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I am just wondering, what is the purpose of such form? One that comes to my mind is MENU System that consists of command buttons and probably other one to gather data and use it somewhere.  For the second one, one can use FormAsDialog( ) which does not make any new record. Please enlighten me as to what other purpose could it be used?
  
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Reply #3 - Mar 27th, 2008 at 5:51pm
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Oh, I can see... now.  Cliff does not want to allow anybody to add records or change records. Duh!
  
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Reply #4 - Apr 1st, 2008 at 4:58pm
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Sorry for the delay...actually we want to be able to add and change records in the form but also have the means where general users can peruse the data in the form without risk of modification to any of the records in the form...

If we make all the elements in the form read only then we won't be able to add data I am thinking...

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Re: Search only mode?
Reply #5 - Apr 1st, 2008 at 6:13pm
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You can make it so that the form is only made Read-Only in Update mode, which would allow you to add new records. That would be done in programming.

Or you could create a copy of your form in the same database and make it all read-only and use one for adding/changing and one just for looking. But you'd have to make changes to both whenever you made changes to one. I would not recommend this way.

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