>>I would like to hear some opinions on the best way to use a screen with multiple objects ~textboxes and drop down listboxes sourced to fields within a table~ as a "readonly search engine" for records in the table, but clear all objects and unlock for a new record entry.
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>>I've done this before, but am sure I went around the world to do it.
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>>Thanks
>>JD
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>I usually place them in the contaner which I can enable/disable when necessary.
>Note, that if the container itself is disabled, the controls inside are not accessible however they still appear like accessible. So you might need to write a little code (using Container.SetAll() ) to turn their appearance the right way.


Well, unfortunately that won't work for me because I want to use one of the drop down boxes ~the ID number of the product~ as the search control. IOW, scroll down to the ID you're looking for, and the info for that record shows up in all the other textboxes on the form.

Only pressing ~new entry~ would clear the screen and allow information to be entered.

Thanks for your help, by the way-
JD