At 11:17 PM 25/10/2005 +1000, you wrote:

> >
> > I have a requestlive query attached to an IB_Grid with the
> > datasource set to
> > autoedit.
> > What settings are required to make the grid NOT automatically allow edits,
> > but to respond to the navigate ngF2Edit option key?
> > I'm trying to safeguard accidental edits but I don't want to chase myself
> > around in circles making the edit via menu option etc.
> > regards
> > Alan McDonald
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> >
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>When gnF2ToggleEditor is set True.
>When any editing key is pressed (e.g. alpha keys in an alpha field) in the
>grid, the key presses are appended automatically onto the end of the field
>value.
>(nothing in the help file warned me about this)
>Anyway - I need a way for key presses to not edit at all... and F2 to turn
>the dataset into dssedit.
>setting datasource to autoedit.False does not give F2 this ability - it's
>never editable..
>hmmm, there must be a way...

I don't have time to write a demo but, since you're playing with this stuff
anyway, set AutoEdit and AutoInsert to False in the ib_datasource and then
fiddle with the gn* settings until you get it doing what you want.

Helen

>Alan
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