Scrolling Text box

[Ellen]

Hello! I am wondering if there is a way to make a
scrolling textbox inactive once it is published to the
web. The scrolling text boxes have initial values in that
I do not want to be changed by the user. I see that the
regular one line text box offers to add a password to it
before it can be touched. I need to use the scrolling text
box due to the amount of data I have pre filled in. Any
suggestions would be appreciated. I should also say that
the text boxes are used in a form where the data is being
entered into a database so it is an active server page.
TIA for any help.......Ellen

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Ellen,

The "password" property you see in the text box is for making it an input
type="password" instead of an input type="text" - The password box shows "*"
characters instead of the text you type, and the browser won't remember the
values typed into it. It doesn't prevent the user from inputting data -
that's what it's designed for!

Why are you using a scrolling text box for static data? Why not just put it
into a table cell or scrolling div? A scrolling text box is for user input,
just like any other form field.

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[chris leeds]

wouldn't calling the text box "read only" effectively "lock" the text?

 

[Ellen]

Thanks for the quick response Kevin. The data that I am
putting into the scrolling text box has to also be entered
into the database with the data that the user is going to
enter into 2 other scrolling text boxes that line up with
the data already known. Memo boxes are set up in Access
for these four categories. For example:

Part Number Ref. Designator Manuf. ID Lot/Date
12345 U102
78910 R203
98765 R201

The user has to add the manuf. ID and the Lot/Date that
corresponds to the proper part number and ref. designator.
All of this data needs to stay together as one record in
the access database. Thanks, Ellen

 

[Ellen]

Yes, that would be fine but how do I do that? I don't see
anything in the properties of the scrolling text box with
that option. TIA!

 

[chris leeds]

it's not an option you'll have to look at the html and if it's a FrontPage
form it may get overwritten by FrontPage if you open the form again. it'll
be in the same line as the box. it'll look something like this:
<textarea name="emailBodyDummy" rows=6 cols="40" readonly wrap="soft">
HTH

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

FP will not delete or overwrite the readonly attribute.

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[FrontPageForms]

Ellen,

I have a script link on my site and an example of what
Chris was telling you about, which I have applied to a
Text Area. By changing the HTML per Chris's instruction,
yours should work the same.

This way you can see it in action. My link is here
http://FrontPageForms.com/Locked_Text.htm

Mine is set as an FP form. If you were to use it in this
fashion, it would need an htm or html extension as the FP
form would not work with .asp

The original script however is probably adaptable for ASP.


Mike,
http://FrontPageForms.com
Visit my form tutorials

 

[chris leeds]

the link appears to be bad:
http://leighton-smith.com/index.php I forgot I didn't take the default page
out since it's not done.. follow some of the links to the applications site,
it's very cool.

maybe the one above is good

 

[Ellen]

Thanks for all the information. I will try to do it with a
Front page form and see if that works. I still have to be
able to send the data to a database so I thought that
would have to be an asp. Ellen

 

[Ellen]

Thanks for the information. I appreciate the time you
spent on responding. Ellen