Setting cantDelete of a field

[Peter Bogdanoff]

Thanks for this suggestion Marty, I’ll use it.

It still would be great to have an engine-level property.

Peter

> On Feb 16, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Knapp Martin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I have an app where the user can create a document from a pre-made template and add some of their own fields, lines, etc. They can delete those, but there are objects that they should not. So I use a front script and trap for all the variations of delete, cut, etc. I set a custom property for the objects that should not be deleted (cpCantDelete) and the front script checks the cpCantDelete of the selectedObject. Maybe set up the development environment with a similar front script and a feature where right-clicking with a modifier key (so you can still access the LC popup too) pops up a menu to make setting the custom property quick and easy.
> 
> Marty
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> A colleague who is working in a LC stack has several times in the past, and just again today, accidentally deleted fields of a group acting as a background. He doesn’t notice the field is deleted, saves the stack, and all his text on many cards is gone.
>> 
>> LiveCode has a cantDelete property that can be set for stacks, groups, and cards. Is there any particular reason why fields or any other control cannot have that property?
>> 
>> I know about the cantModify, but that is a stack level property that doesn’t allow anything to be modified.
>> 
>> I just want to set the cantDelete property of valuable objects to true.
>> 
>> Peter Bogdanoff
>> ArtsInteractive
> 
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