Search help overwrite a read-only field

Hi, I have some problems with search help and hope someone can help me.
My search helps (either standards or customs) work perfectly, but a strange behaviour
occur on Read-Only fields. If I open the Search Help popup and select a value, it overwrite the
READ-ONLY value !!!!!
Hope you can help.

Depending on the support pack level you are on - search helps - freely programmed or otherwise don't seem to trigger off read only fields (I noticed this when we moved to NW7.01)
I've got around this by making the field a link to action - providing the read only link I want as the text, and then calling the following code:
call method cl_wdr_value_help_handler=>handle_application_def_vh
    exporting
      context_element      = context_element
      component_usage_name = 'JOB_SELECTION'
      context_attribute    = 'JOB'.
Where component 'JOB_SELECTION' is my freely programmed value help - implementing WD interface IWD_VALUE_HELP.
This was helpful as I wanted the search help to trigger and the user to be able to update the field but only by using the search help - I didn't want the user to be able to write anything in the field.
it was a particular use case I had - it may or may not fit your needs.
Cheers, Chris

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