Thanks Marco - I'll go with ForceControlsReadonly.

Regards
Paul
<mmenaz@...> wrote in message news:9qpvl9+t5pm@......

> Try investigate this syntax, if you can set the attribute with the
> query closed:
> qryRubrica.FieldsReadOnly.LinkValues['MYFIELDNAME'] := 'T' // string!
> Regards
> Marco Menardi
>
> --- In IBObjects@y..., "Paul Hope" <paulhope@a...> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have an IB_Query Version 3.6Dj and want to optionally set nearly
> all the
> > fields to read only in code. I start by setting them all to read
> only as
> > follows
> >
> > for i:=0 to ib_qCusData.FieldCount-1 do
> >
> >
> ib_qcusdata.FieldsReadOnly.Add(ib_qCusData.fields[i].FieldName+'=True'
> );
> >
> > then I delete some lines from the FieldsReadOnly stringlist.
> Problem is
> > the query is prepared each time a line in fieldsReadOnly is set ie
> once for
> > each field :-(
> >
> > Is there a better way (I can't do Fields[i].ReadOnly:=True because
> ReadOnly
> > is readonly) or how can I stop it repreparing for each field?
> >
> > Regards
> > Paul
>
>
>
>

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