Scratch that last message. I am working on a separate display-only form for all attachments. On regular forms there doesn't seem to be an option to create a display-only attachment field.
However... you can still use the same method of doing a Set Fields into another attachment field. This second attachment field would be set to $NULL $ either when saving or in the active-link (after the PERFORM-ACTION-OPEN-ATTACHMENT command). Because the user is really opening a copy of the file the original file remains intact. Stephen Remedy Skilled Professional ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heider, Stephen Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:47 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? (UNCLASSIFIED) Brian, Is the attachment field on the form display-only (probably not)? Try this, when the user clicks the button do a Set Fields from the regular attachment field to a hidden display-only attachment field. Then run the PERFORM-ACTION-OPEN-ATTACHMENT command. This way it should be impossible for anything to get written . Stephen Remedy Skilled Professional ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sokol, Brian Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:23 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? (UNCLASSIFIED) I changed the action to PERFORM-ACTION-SAVE-ATTACHMENT FieldID and that will work but I would rather have them be able to view the attachment directly. ________________________________ From: Sokol, Brian Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:14 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: RE: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? (UNCLASSIFIED) Hi Stephen, I just tried your approach and I am hoping I did something wrong because this would be a perfect solution. When I click on the button I run an AL with a Run Process action. It performs the following: PERFORM-ACTION-OPEN-ATTACHMENT FieldID This opens the file fine but if I modify the file and save it, the changes are written back to the attachment file. Brian ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heider, Stephen Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:42 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? (UNCLASSIFIED) ** Brian, How about this approach: When the screen is opened or the entry retrieved - when the attachment field is not null - change the attachment field to Hidden, display the name (and optionally the size) of the attachment file in a read-only character field that is displayed as text. Unhide a button next to this character field that, when clicked, opens the attachment. This allows the user to open, print, save a local copy, but does not allow them to make any changes to the attachment or remove the attachment from the record. In the above example, only the presence of an attachment will trigger your workflow to make it "read-only". You probably would want to add a condition that will not make the attachment "read-only" if the user is part of a certain group, ie. 'App-Administrator'. This will provide the ability for certain users to have access to remove or update an attachment. Stephen Remedy Skilled Professional ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sokol, Brian Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:30 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? (UNCLASSIFIED) I don't want the submitter to be able to change it once he or she attaches it to the form. I had thought of using a separate form but I am not sure that would prevent the submitter from changing it as well. ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:09 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? (UNCLASSIFIED) ** Well, even assuming that you didn't want to build a separate form for attachments, couldn't you use the permissions on the field to control the R/W access to it (i.e. allow Submitter only)? Or perhaps only allow write access to the field from a Submit window. Rick On 12/13/07, FRANK, GORDON CTR DISA JSSC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE You can't use a Change Display action, but you might be able to use an error Filter with the syntax: TR.<Attachment field> != DB.<Attachment field> I haven't tried it but I'll bet you can. Let me know. Gordon M. Frank DISA\Version FNS -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sokol, Brian Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:42 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? ** I have an attachment field on a form. Once a file is attached I want to prevent anyone from changing or deleting the attachment. I would like them to be able to view the attached file. I thought this would be simple using the Change Field action and making it Read Only. Unfortunately that option is not available for that type of field. I know I can hide the field but I would prefer if it was made read only. Is this possible? 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