FMP 8.5 adv. Win XP

I have a text field. To protect the contents against changing, but at the
same time allow user entrance, scrolling, and copying I have put this field
in a calculation. The calcfield is on a layout. When the user goes into the
field and hits a button a default filemaker warning appears in English.
Either I want to switch this off, or replace it with a Dutch translation. Do
you think this might be possible at all?

Keep well, Ursus

In article <45d187eb$0$4617$dbd49001 (AT) news (DOT) wanadoo.nl>, "Ursus"
<ursus.kirk (AT) wanadoo (DOT) nl> wrote:

If the button that is hit runs a script, add a "Set Error Capture On"
script step. That should kill the default warning. Then add a "Show
Message" step and you can include your Dutch message.

This is based on FM 6 experience. The actual names of the script steps
might differ in 8.5, but I'm sure the functionality would be the same.

Steve Brown

Sorry Steve, but there is no filemaker button involved here, I meant a
button on the keyboard. It is just a plain calc field activatedd by
clicking in it.

Ursus

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I don't know anything about Non-English aspects of Filemaker, but
there might be a couple ways around the issue.

One is to change the calculation field to a text field with an Auto
Enter Calculation (equal to the original field) and a Validation by
Calculation (equal to the original field). You can put your own
message in if validation fails.

G



On Feb 13, 2:42 am, "Ursus" <ursus.k... (AT) wanadoo (DOT) nl> wrote:

On Feb 13, 8:37 am, "Grip" <g... (AT) cybermesa (DOT) com> wrote:
Hmm. My suggestion will have some problems. I'm not sure if the
field validation would trigger with the Auto Enter. But if you do
either one of those things you might get what you want. Using the
Auto-Enter always replace set to the target field would mean that
people could change the text, but once they exit it will revert back
to the original. Using the Validation would mean people could change
the text, but a custom error message would come up. The custom messge
would still have the options of "Revert" and "OK".

G