Specifying read-only and edit options for a Date time control
Edit options determine when a control is editable or read-only for the application's users.
- Click the control, and then click the View properties icon.
- On the Presentation tab of the Properties
panel, specify the Edit options for the Date time control.These selections take precedence over section and harness settings.
- To make the property editable for an application end user, depending on the edit mode of the enclosing section or harness, select Auto.
- To make property values read-only for end users, select Read-only (always).
- To select the expression used to evaluate the conditions in which property values
are read-only, select Read-only (expression)
In the adjacent field press the Down Arrow key to specify the condition.
- To select the when rule used to evaluate the conditions in which property values
are read-only, select Read-only (when rule)
In the adjacent field press the Down Arrow key to specify the when rule.
- To make the property always editable for users, select Editable.
- For read-only modes, use the Read-only value list to select one
of the following settings:
- To display the value of the property that you specify, select Another
property's value
In the field that is displayed, select the property for which you want to display the value.
- To display the value of the selected property, select Property value.
- To display the value of the constant that you enter in the field, select Constant.
- To display the localized value of the property, select Localize property value.
- To display the value of the property that you specify, select Another
property's value
- In the Label format field, press the Down Arrow key to specify a format such as Standard (label) or Heading 1 to be applied to the control's label at run time.
- Click Submit.
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