--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Albuschat <daniel@v...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to create a TCheckBox-like
> list with a TIB_Grid. The very first column
> should be a Checkbox which can be selected
> and de-selected. I thought the easiest way would
> be a calculated field of type char, and then
> add the ColumnAttributes accordingly:
> Select "Boolean", set True Text / False Text to
> T/F respectively and select the "Required" option.
> But there's the problem that I can't change this
> field, since calculated fields are always read-only...
>
> Any suggestions to get the calculated fields approach
> to work, or another solution?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel Albuschat
>
> --
> eat(this); // delicious suicide

I second your request. Me too I've the need in some situation to have
some "work" field to let the user enter something that I just need at
the buffer level, but has not to be real fields in the table. Now I've
to keep a parallel array of flags and struggle in keeping the records
and the structure syncronized.
regards
Marco Menardi