SetComponentChanged property: Field class

Description

This property determines whether a change to a field (using PeopleCode) marks the component as changed and the data written to the database if the field is a database field.

This property takes a Boolean value: true, changes to the field mark the component as changed, false, the component is treated as if unchanged. The default value is true for database fields and false for derived fields.

The Set Component Changed check box for a page field in Application Designer determines if a user's action on a page marks the component as changed. For example, if Set Component Changedfor an edit box control is cleared in Application Designer, then user's editing on the edit box does not mark the component as changed and no save warning message is displayed if the user leaves the page without saving. The SetComponentChanged property for a field determines if a change on the field value using PeopleCode marks the component as changed and a save warning is issued when the user tries to exit the page without saving.

This property is only applicable after the Page Activate event has run. If you try to use this property before or during Page Activate, the user does not receive a warning if data has been changed.

This property is read/write.