No you are not. There is no option for Read Only. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dwayne Martin Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:04 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Fred, I did what you said, and I don't see any option to choose between "Read/Write" and "Read Only". We are at 7.1. Am I missing something? Dwayne Martin James Madison Universiy ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:42:34 -0600 >From: "Grooms, Frederick W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read Only? (UNCLASSIFIED) >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > ** > Yes you can make a Read Only Attachment Field on > a regular form. > > Create your attachment pool (if you don't already > have one). On the Attachment Pool Properties add an > Attachment Field. Close the Attachment Pool > properties and BEFORE SAVING THE FORM double click > on the new Attachment Field's file name to bring up > the properties for the attachment field. > > You can do things like Hide the field, Disable the > Change Flag, Set it to Display Only, and other field > settings > > Fred > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heider, > Stephen > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:58 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Can An Attachment Field Be Made Read > Only? (UNCLASSIFIED) > ** > > 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? > > Brian Sokol > Manager, Desktop Services > Scholastic Inc. > 557 Broadway > NY, NY 10012 > (212) 343-6494 > http://www.Scholastic.com < > http://www.Scholastic.com> > > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in > it___ > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > ________________________________________________________________________ _______ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at > www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where > the Answers Are" > > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in it___ > > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in it___ > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in it___ > > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in it___ > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in it___ > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in it___ > __20060125_______________________This posting was > submitted with HTML in it___ ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
