Enable or Disable an Edit Text

Hi everyone. What code to use under a push button if I want to enable or disable an "edit text" when that push button is clicked? Thank you very much.

[Melvin]

I hope someone answers my question...Thank you in advance

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

set(handles.TheTextBox, 'enable', 'off')

Note: there is also 'disable' instead of 'off'. When it is 'disable', the text is still there and still readable and scrollable, but cannot be changed.

[Patrick]

It's actually 'inactive', not 'disable', instead of 'off'. Maybe they changed it. But I see no significant difference between the two other than 'off' greys out the background while 'inactive' leaves it white. But neither one of them allow for selecting/highlighting.

[Mike D.]

No, they didn't change it, the "Enable" property of an edit box has three modes: on, off or inactive. The user can only modify it contents when Enable = on. Yea, off greys it out while inactive leaves it white. I noticed if you use an edit box as a memo box with many lines of text (and vertical scroll bar), you can't use the vertical scroll bar if the edit box is off, but can if its inactive.