[Solved] make a cell read-only, except when creating a new row

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Laurent asked on 09 Jun 2026, 04:17 PM
Make a cell read-only, except when a new row is created.

I want to be able to make a cell in a column read-only when I display the grid.
But if I add a row, I want the cell in that column to no longer be read-only.
Should this be handled in cellbeginEdit?
I read that you could use this line: e:row:isnewrow but it doesn’t compile.

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commented on 09 Jun 2026, 04:20 PM | edited

With a methode.

METHOD PRIVATE VOID CellBeginEdit( 
        INPUT sender AS System.Object, 
        INPUT e AS Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewCellCancelEventArgs ):

        DEFINE VARIABLE iRow AS INTEGER NO-UNDO.
        DEFINE VARIABLE iCol AS INTEGER NO-UNDO.

        DEFINE VARIABLE isNewRow AS LOGICAL NO-UNDO.
        DEFINE VARIABLE colName AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.

        DEFINE VARIABLE loCellEditor       AS Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadTextBoxEditor NO-UNDO.
        DEFINE VARIABLE editorElement      AS Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadTextBoxEditorElement NO-UNDO.

        ASSIGN iRow = e:ROW:Index
               iCol = e:COLUMN:Index NO-ERROR.
        IF ERROR-STATUS:ERROR OR iRow LT 0 THEN RETURN.


        isNewRow = YES.        
        IF NOT isNewRow AND LOOKUP(e:COLUMN:NAME,ppcColKey) GT 0 THEN DO:
           e:Cancel = TRUE.
           RETURN.
        END.

                                                                 

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