Edit Form - Prevent User from Editing specific field

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In my current app, when they pull this screen up, it defaults to the current time of the user.

It has been decided that is great, but we now want to prevent the user from changing that time.

I am not seeing a place in properties where I can set editable to false or something like that.

How can we prevent users from changing the date and time?

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RandyHayes 76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@lardo5150

You can set the DisplayMode of the datacard to Disabled or View to avoid the user editing that field.

I hope this is helpful for you.

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YES! I actually was just making that change (took me a minute to find it).
Before I mark resovlved, @RandyHayes is it possible to do that but keep the box outlines?
This format is just terrible lol

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Looks like you cant do that in displaymode.view, so I just went ahead and added a rectangle icon

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Unfortunately, you cannot control the borders and fill when in View (that would be a nice property to have control over).

There are hack-tricks that can be done.

One is to actually place a transparent rectangle over the entire field. That way, the user could not actually click on the underlying control as the rectangle will be blocking it. So...they'd never get to edit it.

It's a pure hack!

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@RandyHayes real quick, what is the best way to get the numbers to format to the RIGHT.
When I have a double digit hour like 12, it lines up perfect.
But single digits move over to the left, and it makes it look odd.
Did a search and found the values I put in there, but that is not working.
I want the number to be right next to the : , or at the very least indented to the RIGHT.

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You would be really better off using what is built into the forms. That is, when you add your field to the form (and you can re-add that field to your form at this point and then delete the other customized one you have now) you can select the Control Type (once you unlock a card, you can no longer select the control type). One of those control types is a View Text control type.

If you choose that, it will format it nicely for you. It will not have the rectangles around it, but you can then unlock the card and add them if you like.

That will be MUCH easier than trying to go through all the formatting and changing in that field.

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So for example, for the date/hour/time/AMPM labels, I have these formulas in the text for each corresponding label:
Today()
With({_hr:Hour(Now())}, If(_hr>12, _hr-12, _hr))
Text(Minute(Now()), "00")
With({_hr:Hour(Now())}, If(_hr>11 ||_hr=0, "PM", "AM"))

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