Problem with the readonly tag

Hi,

I have a problem with the read-only tag

According to the syntax in the manuals. This is my code snippet

(item name="tempID")
(text required="t")(default)temp(/default)
(/text)
(readonly/)
(/item)

This doesnt work....

The alternative someone suggested

(item name="tempID")
(readonly)
(text required="t")(default)temp(/default)
(/text)
(/readonly)
(/item)

This make the field readonly but is not marked as mandatory and displays it as a textarea field....

HELP !!!!

I am using TS 6.5

Please dont suggest me FORM-API... I need something other than this if possible

Thanks in advance,
Gokul

PS : "<" = "(" and ">" = ")"

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goks

Hi there,

Please give me any suggestions for this....

Thanks,
Gokul

Adam Stoller

I have a problem with the read-only tag

According to the syntax in the manuals. This is my code snippet
[...]
This doesnt work....
The alternative someone suggested
[...]
This make the field readonly but is not marked as mandatory and displays it as a textarea field....

I am using TS 6.5

Yes - you want to use FormAPI because of the broken (IMO) way that DCTs render hard-coded readonly fields.
Your DCT should just have:

<item name="tempID">
  <text required="t">
    <default>temp</default>
  </text>
</item>

and then your FormAPI code (referenced from within, or coded within, the DCT) would then do something like:

...
IWDatacapture.getItem('/.../tempID').setReadonly(true);
...

In general, I'd suggest never using the

element within your DCTs and always handling that with FormAPI code.

can be done either way.

goks

Thanks Fish !!!!

Gokul