Re: Protecting part of a field

[steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Yeah it's q a 15 position key field. So I am looking for something fancy.

> Really I don't see the problem.  Prompt them for a 3 positions and go from
> there, unless your question is how do you do this on the screen
> Enter in item number . . :  ooooooooobbbooo
> where ooo... is output only and bbb is input/output.  Then you are in a
> pickle.  Because, yes, you do have to make this three fields and I believe
> a space is needed between the fields.  But you're talking to someone who's
> done 1 screen in several years.  A real propeller head might be able to
> use some dynamic screen api or some such thing to do it an alternative way
> - I don't know.
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> Hello,
> I have a field len=15, that I have to pre-fill so that the user only has
> to key in 3 positions of this. I would like to protect the first 9
> positions of this, so that they don't overwrite it by accident or design.
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> Do I make this field into 2 or actually 3 fields, or is there a more
> elegant way to this?
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> Thanks,
> Steve
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