Submitted by Armando on 2010/04/26 17:56
E.g. :

1- I copy an item (Selected item --> XML format...) which has a few fields set to "Read-Only".
2- If I paste this item into the DB (or in another one), these fields will remain empty.
 
This seems pretty awkward to me.
- it's not a direct in-cell modification from the user,
- In Explorer If I copy a file that's read only, I can certainly paste it somewhere else without loosing parts of it...
- XML copy/paste shouldn't be considered the same as in-cell edition by the user, or pasting over a cell. XML pasting doesn't paste over anything, it adds an item to the DB.
 
 
Pierre, it seems like a pretty important bug.
And since I have many read only fields, I now understand why I always discover empty fields where there should be data !
 
Comments welcome...

Comments

I can see how this can actually be useful sometimes to have fields which aren't copied and pasted.
 
But it could be another property -- like "NoCopy", or something like that.
 
Comments anybody ?

Mantis :
 
0962 XML full item copy/paste operations : read-only fields can't be pasted back in the grid and are emptied.

 v9.25 pre23 - copy selected items in XML / paste doesn't seem to be working here which is a little different but may be related. Otherwise I'm doing something wrong again.

Readonly fields can now be written to by equations and through XML copy/paste. The readonly field setting only affects the UI. fixed in 0.9.25pre-rel24
 

Armando

2010/05/18 01:35

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Readonly fields can now be written to by equations and through XML copy/paste. The readonly field setting only affects the UI. fixed in 0.9.25pre-rel24
 
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Thanks.
 
It's late now, but I'll forget if I don't mention it now.
 
I was wondering if it'd be possible to have an option to prevent a field to be copied ? I used the readonly "defect" in my IQMinutes DB to be able to copy paste a template while skipping some fields -- but this won't work anymore, of course. I can manage, but this occurred to me like a potentially very useful feature (for templates especially).
 
If you think it's a good idea I can create another thread/Mantis issue.