allow free text in reference field

[brumiou]

Hi,

I've found a long time ago a way to accept free text in reference field (without creating a new record in the reference table)... but I can't retrieve this info :s

Can someone help me?

Thanks a lot

rgds

Xavier

[Mark Stanger]

I've never seen something like that. If you were able to add free text to a reference field, it was because of a bug in the system that caused it to happen. Reference fields always have to have a valid association to a referenced record. If you need to use free text you need to use a regular string field.

[brumiou]

I'm sure at 110% that I've already seen and even tested that!

it was an attribute to put in the dictionary or something like that

We need in this case a reference field to the sys_user table, but in some exceptional case, the user is a firm (and we don't want to create a new record)

[DrewW]

I have seen catalog variables that are reference fields allow this but Mark is right it was/is a bug and even if you did manage to do this with some client scripting I think you would find it causes more issues then it solves. What we did is add a check box called "No AD Account" and then a UI policy to switch out the caller field with a text box.