I mean that I want the contents of the field displayed, but not editable.
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Browse All TopicsLet's say i've created a text field called NAME which is filled out on the 1st page of a form. How do I get the contents of this text field to appear on the 2nd page of the form in a display-only manner?
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Much depends on the type that you choose to insert. For example, if you use an input field, each instance of the input field is editable. The same is true for user fields, each instance is editable.
On the other hand, Use Insert > Fields > Other to open the Fields dialog. Click on the Variables tab. For the type, click on Set Variable. Now, enter a variable name and value with a text format.
Now, move the cursor and for type click on Show Variable. This allows you to insert a read-only copy of the "field".
If you are willing to go to greater extremes, you can protect the inserted text as opposed to the field itself. For example, select a paragraph and choose Insert > Section. Now, click "Protect". This allows you to insert a section of text that cannot be edited. Not exactly what you want, because this is an entire section, but it is a start.
One more option. Insert your field. Select the field. Use Insert > Frame. Anchor the frame as a character, so the entire field is treated as a single character. This is a problem if the field contains a lot of text, but, we will ignore this for this example. On the Options tab, place a check under Protect Contents. You will likely need to modify the placement settings of the frame, but, the field is not editable.
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by: xberryPosted on 2009-09-10 at 01:03:24ID: 25298115
With display-only do you mean read-only? If you right-click on a field and then select 'control field'
then dialog opens where you can set readonly to Yes.