URL Contro Type

[DRW]

I use the URL control on a number of forms. Typically these forms are opened as modal and individual fields are set to read only so as to minimize the chance that users might make inadvertent edits to the displayed record contents. I explicitly control editing/changing of form content by defined buttons that set/reset the forms' mode and the individual field read only attributes.

In my testing the URL control will not function (icon won't even appear) unless the form is explicity placed into modeless or 'change' mode and the URL field has not been defined as read only. I would really like to have the URL work so as to invoke a browser session from fields and forms where data changes are being prevented by intential design. I did find that by turning off the read only attribute setting for the URL field and setting it's 'always modeless' attribute I sort of accomplish my objective ... but not quite. The rest of the fields on a form are protected from changes but the URL field itself is vulnerable. Any ideas on how to get the URL control to work in the situation I'm describing?

[Selwyn Rabins]

Re: URL Contro Type

I use the URL control on a number of forms. Typically these forms are opened as modal and individual fields are set to read only so as to minimize the chance that users might make inadvertent edits to the displayed record contents. I explicitly control editing/changing of form content by defined buttons that set/reset the forms' mode and the individual field read only attributes.

In my testing the URL control will not function (icon won't even appear) unless the form is explicity placed into modeless or 'change' mode and the URL field has not been defined as read only. I would really like to have the URL work so as to invoke a browser session from fields and forms where data changes are being prevented by intential design. I did find that by turning off the read only attribute setting for the URL field and setting it's 'always modeless' attribute I sort of accomplish my objective ... but not quite. The rest of the fields on a form are protected from changes but the URL field itself is vulnerable. Any ideas on how to get the URL control to work in the situation I'm describing?

i would NOT use a URL field.

instead, use a regular text field and then put a button or hotspot to the right of the field.

the xbasic for the button could be (assuming that the object id of the field was 'urlfield':

dim url as c 
url = urlfield.text
if url <> "" then 
    sys_open(urlfield.text)
end if

so for example, if the URL field was http://www.google.com

clicking on the button would open the browser and navigate to google.

[DRW]

Re: URL Contro Type

Thanks for your suggestion. That will suffice nicely. Don't know why I didn't think along those lines. Duh. Guess I was just too fixated on the URL control.