InfoPath with SharePoint 2010 : Enhancing the User Experience - Display a Read-Only Value

When a read-only field is displayed in a text box, you obviously do not want the user to edit that field. You also do not want the user to think that they can edit that field. Therefore, it’s best to modify the text box properties accordingly.

To display a read-only value, follow these steps:

1.	Right-click the text box that contains the read-only field on your form and select Text Box Properties, as shown in Figure 1, to display the properties dialog. Figure 1. Selecting Text Box Properties displays the Properties dialog.
2.	Click the Display tab and check the Read-Only box, as shown in Figure 2, to make the text box read-only. Click OK. Figure 2. Checking the Read-Only box makes the text box read-only.
3.	Right-click the text box again and select Borders and Shading, as shown in Figure 3, to modify the borders and shading properties. Figure 3. Selecting Borders and Shading allows you to modify the borders and shading properties.
4.	On the Borders tab, click the None button to remove the borders from the text box, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4. Clicking the None button removes the borders from the text box.
5.	Click the Shading tab and select No Color to remove any shading from the text box, as shown in Figure 5. Click OK. Figure 5. Select No Color removes the shading from the text box.

Previewing or rendering your form displays the field as read-only, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6. Rendering the form displays the field as read-only.