Thanks Helen,
I've spent the good part of the night on this with no joy.

key settings:
Datasource AutoEdit, AutoInsert= False;
No matter what settings for prevent, navigation, search, search hotkey,
showeditor, the grid remains locked from editing.
If the datasource is set auto True, then many different combos of the query
properties will change slightly, the behaviour of the editing but not allow
editing to be switched on/off ONLY with F2 and not just start editing.
There must be some other property which is conflicting.
I don't have rowselect on... can't think of anything else..
Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IBObjects@yahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of Helen Borrie
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2005 11:30 PM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [IBO] IB_Grid settings
>
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >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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