Hello, I am creating a database for my volunteer ambulance corp where
people will enter their name and time they have commited.

I am looking for a way to lock out basically all the fields till a user
inputs the date field. How can I lock out or fade other controls till
this field is completed?

Thanks

You may have 2 layouts that are basically the same except that the first one
has all fields 100% locked except the 'Date' field and all others are
'greyed'. Then you use a free plugin - like 'EventScript at
http://www.softs4humans.com/FMPro_Plugins.html - that triggers a field when
leaving the field and in that script, you make any verification needed and
also 'Go To' the other Layout, to be filled out next.
Remi-Noel

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You can put an auto-enter calc (always replace) for each field:

YourField = Case(IsEmpty(Date); ""; YourField)

Users can enter and type in YourField, but upon exiting, it'll go
blank. Eventually, the database will have trained them to enter the
date field first.

G

EMTMark (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

use a button to enter the date-time; this button also taks user to full
layout

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