Disabled button still clickable. Why ?

Hi,
When I disable a button : oForm.Items.Item("MyButton").Enabled = false it's still possible to click it. Why is that ? What is the purpose of the Enabled ? If you tell me it's just to make it appear disabled but it's not really disabling it then I'm lost here.

Hi Marc,
You are correct. Disabling a button does not stop the click event from being fired. You will need to check for its enabled state in your event handler. See the sample below from my code to handle a custom Details button. I have to check to make sure it's enabled before I deal with it.
David
switch (itemValue.ItemUID)
     case DETAILS_UID:
          if (itemValue.BeforeAction == false &&
          BoEventTypes.et_ITEM_PRESSED &&
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          // Your code here
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