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In article <1992Jul20.232951.1796@nntp.hut.fi> t35058d@kaira.hut.fi (Sami Markus Kuisma) writes:
>Hi there!
>
>I have a serious problem with 4D's automatic buttons. Some of them are quite 
>useful, like Add and Delete Included but designer doesn't have any control 
>over those. The normal Enable/Disable Button commands don't have any effect 
>on automatic buttons. So is there any other way to enable/disable them?
> 
>My main problem at the moment is Add To Included button. I have related many 
>file in included layout. After the user has added certain amount of related 
>records I want to disable the Add To Included button. How Can I do that?
> 
>Also does somebody know if it's possible to get amount of 4D's free memory 
>without using external procedures? If not maybe it's time to buy that External 
>Kit...
> 
>Hopefully waiting for solutions
> 
>Sami Kuisma


Sami,
  Don't use automatic actions if you want to disable a button.  The 
language reference says that the only time this would work (enable/disable)
is when you use the delete record action.  I have had problems far to often
when using automatic actions, so I generally handle it all with a no action
button with an attached script.  You get better control, and you get better
results.  So far I haven't found any case where I couldn't acomplish the same
thing as an automatic action, through scripting.  

As for the memory question, I thought that there were a few pd externals that
do the trick.  Someone else might know the exact ones to look for.

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