RE: How to freez/readonly strings of textarea on condition

Francesca Shiekh — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 12:32:45 GMT

We use the concept of "work log" and "latest update":

The user is allowed to enter data in the "Latest Update" field, when the record is saved the data is prepended to the Work Log (latest update first) with a timestamp and the user name. (the timestamp code can be improved)

The Work Log is read-only for all users. After it is copied, the "Latest Update" is cleared so that field is always empty.

A before_save logic hook takes care of copying the data from the Latest Update to the Work Log.

  function update_log($bean,$event,$arguments) {
    if(!empty($bean->latest_update_c)) {
      global $current_user;
      $timedate = new TimeDate;
      $date = $timedate->to_display_date_time(gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s", gmmktime() ),true,true, $current_user);
      $bean->work_log_c = $date ." - " . $current_user->user_name . ": " . $bean->latest_update_c . "\n" . $bean->work_log_c;
      $bean->latest_update_c = '';
    }
  }

Hope this helps,
FrancescaS