Hi everyone!

i am having the following problem: i need to know whem a user, that is browsing a database (using the control that alows to edit, insert, refresh, etc) chose to change the contents of the database (that is, chose the edit mode), so that i can change the look of some off the coontrols that are in the form. Is this possible?

Many thanks!

P.S: sorry for the bad English

The dataset has an OnStateChange event. That should do it for you!
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Mario Amaral <mj...@junitec.ist.utl.pt> wrote in article
<55l0n0$...@ci.ist.utl.pt>...

browsing a database (using the control that alows to edit, insert, refresh,
etc) chose to change the contents of the database (that is, chose the edit
mode), so that i can change the look of some off the coontrols that are in
the form. Is this possible?

In article <55l0n0$...@ci.ist.utl.pt>,

Yes, it is possible. You have to do the check in the OnDataChange event for
the TDataSource that connects the table and the other components. The check
looks like this:

if (Table1.State  in [dsEdit,dsInsert]) then
  { Do your stuff }

The reason I check for both Edit and Insert is of course that the user can
edit the data in both cases.

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I think that MASTAPP-demo in Delphi package contains just
that kind of Database Mode indicator on Order Form.

Even more easier is to download a DBModeIndicator component
from Delphi Super page. This comes with full source also.