Password field

[lemonjuice]

I have created a password field as in the tutorial

http://techtricks.com/paradox/password.php,

about a year ago. It worked fine, but now you cannot enter values in the fields. I have not worked on those forms since it was created. Is there maybe a property that was changed? What can I do to fix this without creating all the fields again from scratch?

Please help.
~Lemon~

 

[footpad]

LemonJuice,

I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful, but I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to enter field values.

About the *only* thing I can think of is that you may have upgraded Paradox in the intervening time. If that's happened, have you resaved (or redelivered) your documents (forms, reports, scripts, and libraries) since then? If not, try resaving everything and see if that makes a difference.

If you have a number of documents that need to be resaved, there's a sample script available on the site that helps. See

http://techtricks.com/paradox/fsrecurse.php

for details; the sample script is part of the download provided with that article.

Hope this helps...

-- Lance

 

[lemonjuice]

I have managed to fix the "entering data" problem, but now i have the problem of not being able to click on the field. I can however tab and scroll to it, but the field would not be selected when i use the mouse. I know my logic tells me that the fields are grouped and that the selectable field is at the bottom, but i was able to click on the fields a few days ago? Can you help me?

thanx
~Lemon~

 

[footpad]

LemonJuice,

OK, I think I see it. The problem you're having stems from the z-order of the fldPassword and fldAskterisk objects. Since flsAsterisk is a calculated field, it doesn't allow as much editing as a standard unbound field object.

Try this:

1. Open Password.fsl in a design window.

2. Press Ctrl+Space to open the Object Explorer and make certain the Object Tree is visible. (Choose with View | Object Tree or View | Both to display it).

3. Click the plus signs in the Object Tree until you can see both fldPassword and fldAsterisk.

4. Select fldPassword by clicking it with the mouse.

5. From the main Paradox menu, choose Format | Order | Bring To Front. You may notice a change in the order of the two objects in the Object Tree.

6. Save your form and then run it.

This should give you the results you're looking for.

Hope this helps...

-- Lance