I have some fields that I don’t want specific users to be able to edit directly. I’ve used field access control so only users with editor access can edit. The problem I’m having is I want the fields to be edited when a button is pressed regardless of who is using the button. If users without editor access use the buttons to change the “status”, it doesn’t work. Is there a way to make this work? The button forces edit, but there isn’t any other way to edit. Does that make sense?
Subject: Field Access
You might have better lck with the tried-and-true two-field technique. For every “restricted access” field, create a computed-for-display field, and use hide-whens to control who gets to see which. The editable fields are actually available to all users, but only those who can see them can edit them directly. You lose some security, but your users will be able to set all of the values programmatically with the document open.