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lockText

set [the]

 lockText of field ¬     to trueOrFalse

The lockText property returns or sets whether the user can edit the text within a specified field. It corresponds to the Lock Text check box in a Field Info dialog box. The default value is false (meaning the field is unlocked).

When a field is locked, it can receive the system messages mouseDown, mouseDoubleClick, mouseStillDown, and mouseUp when the user clicks it.

Before a field can act as a list field, its lockText property must be set to true.

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field
An expression that identifies a field by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”):

card field id posInteger [of card ]card field text [of card ] -- namecard field posInteger [of card ]ordinal card field [of card ]

[bkgnd] field id posInteger [of card ][bkgnd] field text [of card ] -- name[bkgnd] field posInteger [of card ]ordinal [bkgnd] field [of card ]

For example:

card field id 3894
card field "My Notes"
card field 1
first card field
background field 3 of card 1

When used inside a field script in HyperTalk:

me

When a field receives a message:[the] target

A field can also be referred to as a part when you’re talking about its position among all buttons and fields within the same card or background.

trueOrFalse
Any expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants true or false.

For example:

true
false
the hilite of bg btn "Yes"
fld "Zip" contains "95014"
the short name of this stack is "Fred"

lockText

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