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Making Fields Read-Only

The Field Read Only Field: fieldname user property sets a business component field to read-only. The fieldname value for this user property must contain the name of a business component field. This field must contain a Boolean value.

If Siebel CRM evaluates the field that this user property references to TRUE at runtime, then it sets the field that fieldname specifies to read-only.

For example, if Field Read Only Field: Sales Rep contains a value of Calculated Primary Flag, and if the Calculated Primary Flag field is TRUE, then Siebel CRM sets the Sales Rep field to read-only.

CAUTION:  You must not use this user property with the Abstract field of the Service Request business component. If you do this, then Siebel CRM examines the Abstract field to determine if it is read-only. If it is read-only, then the entire Service Request business component becomes read-only and the user cannot add an activity or attachment to a service request.

This user property does not work correctly on the Fund Request business component because of the specialized business component code that the parent CSSBCFundReq class contains. For important caution information, see Using Specialized Classes.