MOD2000: Can't Modify Fields Until You Choose Workflow Action

• Microsoft Office 2000 Developer

SYMPTOMS

By default, you cannot edit existing data on a data access page that uses the Workflow Toolbar Control until you click the Edit button on the Workflow Toolbar Control. In addition, you cannot add records to the underlying database until you click the New button on the Workflow Toolbar Control.

CAUSE

Until you select an action from the Workflow Toolbar Control, all the data entry fields in the appropriate section are Read-Only.

RESOLUTION

To edit or add a record, do either of the following:

• Browse to the record that you want to modify, click the appropriate button (Edit or Add), and then edit or add data, as needed.



• Change the LockFieldsBeforeEdit property (on the Behavior tab) to False for the Workflow Toolbar Control. You are then able to edit data without having to first click the Edit button.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. On the computer with the Access Workflow Designer developer components installed, create a table in an existing Microsoft SQL Server database.



2. Add workflow to the table that you created in step 1.



3. Create a new data access page based on the related view for the table that you created in step 1.



4. Add the Workflow Toolbar Control (click the header in the page, and then insert the "Microsoft Office Developer Workflow Toolbar" ActiveX control).



5. Save the page to the server's appropriate Web folder.



6. Use Microsoft Internet Explorer to browse to the page location. You may need to add the server as a trusted site.
   
   For additional information about how to do this, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q244318 MOD2000: How to Stop Error Message "This page accesses data on another domain..."

   Note that you cannot edit any of the existing data without first clicking the Edit button on the Workflow Toolbar Control.

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