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Protect – PB Docs 126 – PowerBuilder Library

Protect – PB Docs 126

Protect DataWindow object property

Description

The protection setting of a column. The Protect property overrides
tab order settings. When a column is protected, the user cannot
edit it even if the column’s tab order is greater than
0.

Controls

A column

Syntax

PowerBuilder dot notation:

Describe and Modify argument:

Parameter

Description

columnname

The name of the column for which you
want to get or set the protection.

integer

(exp) A boolean integer specifying whether
the column is protected.

Values are:

  • 0 – False,
    the column is not protected.

  • 1 – True, the column is protected.

Integer can be a quoted DataWindow expression.

Usage

A user cannot change a column value if any one of these conditions
is true:

  • TabSequence is 0

  • Edit.DisplayOnly is Yes when the column has the
    Edit edit style

  • Protect is 1

Only the Protect property allows you to specify a conditional
expression that protects some values in the column but not others.

In the painter

Select the control and set the value in the Properties view, General
tab (using a conditional expression).

Examples


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