I have a Rich Text field in a document. I want the field to be editable in Notes but then computed on the Web - I need to access the document in edit mode but don’t want it changed.
I have tried having two rich text fields and computing one from the other but I am getting a NSD is running error whenever a new hotspot is created.
Subject: RE: rich text field - editable in notes - computed (or at least non-editable) on the web
I think you might be best off putting the field in a controlled access section with a “computed for display” function that uses @ClientType to determine whether the current user is an editor of the section.
I suppose there are other fields on the form that should be editable from the web – otherwise you could just deny web users access to edit the whole document.
Paul, I believe Andre is suggesting that you use the controlled access section itself to give the functionality of a computed for display field. The trouble for me when I was trying to see how it worked was that the Controlled Access section formula requires that you supply names, not an @ClientType formula, so you have to figure out how to segment your users (probably using a role) though this would prevent them from ever editing the field…
You have understood me correctly, basically. Here’s more detail. The section editors formula might be something like:
@If(@ClientType = “Notes”; @Username; “-nobody-”)
Since the section editors are CFD, they must be recalculated each time the form is opened, so the result is based on the user currently opening the document and the client they’re using.