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Enable | Disable

Overview
Syntax
Example
- Example 1
- Example 2
Use Case Scenarios
- Scenario 1: Enabling field in a job application form

Note: This task is applicable only to Zoho Creator.

Overview

The Disable deluge task disables a specified field on the form. The disabled field will be grayed out, and the user will not be able to add data to that field.

The Enable deluge task reverses the Disable action and re-enables a disabled field for users to fill it out in the form.

Note:

To disable fields for a set of users, you can define field permissions.

Syntax

DISABLE

To disable a Mainform field.

disable <field_link_name>;

To disable a Subform field

disable <subform_link_name>.<subform_field_link_name>;

To disable the Subform field in a specific subform row. This syntax can only be used in subform actions such as addition of row, deletion of row and user input of a subform field.

disable row.<subform_field_link_name>;

ENABLE

To enable a Mainform field.

enable <field_link_name>;

To enable a Subform field

enable <subform_link_name>.<subform_field_link_name>;

To enable the Subform field in a specific subform row. This syntax can only be used in subform actions such as addition of row, deletion of row and user input of a subform field.

enable row.<subform_field_link_name>;

Param	Explanation
<field_link_name>, <subform_link_name> & <subform_field_link_name>	Link name of the field which needs to be disabled or re-enabled. Points to keep in mind for this parameter: Since the Autonumber field type is not displayed in a form, it cannot be specified in this task. For composite field types like Name and Address, the action of disabling/enabling the main field will be applied to all its subfields, by default. To enable/disable a particular subfield you must specify it along with the main field, for example: disable Name.last_name; The action of disabling/enabling the Section field type is not supported.

Param

Explanation

<field_link_name>, <subform_link_name> & <subform_field_link_name>

Link name of the field which needs to be disabled or re-enabled.

Points to keep in mind for this parameter:

Since the Autonumber field type is not displayed in a form, it cannot be specified in this task.
For composite field types like Name and Address, the action of disabling/enabling the main field will be applied to all its subfields, by default. To enable/disable a particular subfield you must specify it along with the main field, for example: disable Name.last_name;
The action of disabling/enabling the Section field type is not supported.

This task can be used in the following events

When a record is Created
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	When enabling/disabling a subform field
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On Load	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On Validate	No	No	Not Applicable
On Success	No	No	Not Applicable
On User input	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On user input of a subform field	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
When a record is Created or Edited
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	When enabling/disabling a subform field
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On Load	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On Validate	No	No	Not Applicable
On Success	No	No	Not Applicable
On User input	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On user input of a subform field	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on add row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
When a record is Edited
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	When enabling/disabling a subform field
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On Load	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On Validate	No	No	Not Applicable
On Success	No	No	Not Applicable
On User input	Yes	Yes	Not Applicable
On user input of a subform field	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
On Update	No	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Subform on add row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
Subform on delete row	Yes	Not Applicable	Yes
When a record is Deleted
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	When enabling/disabling a subform field
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On Validate	No	No	No
On Success	No	No	No
Other workflow events
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	When enabling/disabling a subform field
Workflow event	When enabling/disabling a field in a form	In Form Actions	In Subform Actions
On a scheduled date	No	No	No
During approval process	No	No	No
During payment process	No	No	No
In a Custom Function	No	No	No
In an Action item in report	No	No	No

Example 1

The following snippet disables the "Total Amount" field.

disable Total_Amount;

Example 2

The following snippet disables the cost field in the subform of the order placement form.

disable row.cost;

Scenario 1: Enabling field in a job application form

Consider a job application form where there is a decision box field to distinguish the experienced and fresher candidates category. Based on the user input of the decision box field, the number field to record the years of experience will be enabled or disabled. If the candidate selects the category as experienced, the number field wiI ll be enabled to to get work experience.

if ( category == "experienced") 
{ 
enable experience_in_years; 
} 
else 
{ 
disable experience_in_years; 
}

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