Thank you Nando,

PreparedEdits is a little more like what I am looking for. At least
the error only occurs when a column is not editable.

It would be nice to have the ColorScheme be automatic in non-
editable fields, but I guess this is left up to the pogrammer since
IBO does not check for column level access.

Rick

>
> been there. Setting PreparedEdits to False should have the effect

of

> raising exceptions only when you actually edit a non-editable field
> (also have a look at PreparedInserts). Not that I consider it a

very

> effective user interface. If I was you I'd leave column-level

security

> and use views instead.
>
> Ciao
> --
> Nando Dessena
>