Set DetailView to readonly

[sschmucker]

Hallo,

is there a function to set the details view of a contact layout or all fields on a layout via sdk to readonly?

There is a request to set all fields on a layout to readonly when the contact has a special value in the ID Status field.

Thanks for any idea in advance Susanne

[BrianMowka]

No specific function, There may be two different approaches to look into...
#1. Get field descriptors and set them to read only if it's accessable (Try setting enable=false as well)
#2. This one may be a hack I'll admit, but browse users are read only, you may be able to swap the current users access role to "Browse" and then set it back to whatever role it was... Make sure to do this in the onbefore event for contact detail view page, and the OnAfter event to switch it back.

Don't have code in front of me right now, but that's how I would approach this thought the API

[sschmucker]

rian

thanks for your ideas.but they are not working for me:

#1: can only be changed when all users are logged out

#2: the user can not switch his role itself only if he is an administartor

Best regards Susanne

[knif]

Just a thought, but could you possibly find the appropriate control on the form and set it to read only? You'd have to loop through them all until you find the one you need. I recall something similar to that being posted on these forums a while back. It may have been dealing with the menu tree, not form controls though.

[sschmucker]

Hallo Knif,

that was my first idea and it is working if the enduser has an layout with a few number of controls.

But if the layout is overloaded it slow down the system ...

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance Susanne