locking update fields

[bigbird3156]

hi guys....

the other day kaht gave me an answer as to how to create a field that is updated when numeric values are put into various fields in a form (i.e it added them up and spat out the number)

it was great to get that answer, but I have come across 2 possible issues with it...

the first is that the total field is placed in a text box - and secondly that you can click on that text box and modify the content...

is there a way that I can write the total outside the textbox and have it "locked" so that users cant change the total?

The Bird from Down Under- Bigbird 3156
Programmer?? - I thought the option was pretender not programmer!!

 

[theniteowl]

You can always set the disabled property of the text field so that it's content cannot be overwritten.
Otherwise you could have a SPAN or DIV tag on the page and write the value into that tag using it's innerhtml or innertext property. Then the text would not be contained within a form field that might be editable.

At my age I still learn something new every day, but I forget two others.

 

[kaht]

You can also set the readonly property on a textbox to prevent it from getting overwritten:

<input type="text" [!]readonly="readonly"[/!] />

-kaht

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