Disabling text entry in favor of a custom property

[john o]

I want to create a custom stencil that prompts the user for a label. In other words, I would like a string of text - entered by the user on 'drop' - to show up as a label below the object in the drawing. To prevent the user from entering text anywhere else, I would alos like to disable the text entry if/when a user clicks on the object.

Clear as mud

Thanks.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Here's a basic outline of the steps:
- Add a custom property to the shape for your label
- Set the Ask property of the custom property to True to prompt the user on
drop
- Insert a Text Field on the shape pointing to the custom property
- Protect the shape from text editing

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Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

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I want to create a custom stencil that prompts the user for a label. In

other words, I would like a string of text - entered by the user on 'drop' -
to show up as a label below the object in the drawing. To prevent the user
from entering text anywhere else, I would alos like to disable the text
entry if/when a user clicks on the object.