"SIGN SEAL" in Field Flags

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I have several fields on a document (call it DocA) which are Rich Text Fields. I wish to reorder them so that Field1 (on DocA) goes to Field4 (on DocA).

I am using another Blank document (call it TEST) as a working area for me to copy the fields into.

Remember all fields are RTF. So I append DocA.Field1 to TEST.Field4 with the intention that TEST.Field4 is copied back to DocA.Field1.

So far the theory is good except that on some of the fields when they are copied (remember it is actually appended) to TEST they are shown in the field descriptions as “SIGN SEAL” and are not able to be seen on the Document. Hence when they are copied back to DocA they also are not seen on the document.

Here is an example of ONE field on the target document i.e. TEST. In fact the field would be called TEST.FunActH11S1

Field Name: FunActH11S1

Data Type: Rich Text

Data Length: 154 bytes

Seq Num: 1

Dup Item ID: 0

Field Flags:

Field Name: FunActH11S1

Data Type: Rich Text

Data Length: 560 bytes

Seq Num: 5

Dup Item ID: 1

Field Flags: SIGN SEAL

** Follows workplace policies and procedures on health, safety and security

** Follows emergency procedures

** Maintains safe personal presentation standards

** Provides feedback on health, safety and security

Notice the words “SIGN SEAL” in the Field Flags. The value that is shown with “SIGN SEAL” is what I want BUT cannot see it. The Help document from Donino Designer shows the following:

Fields tab

Field Flags

Refers to the type of field and the different attributes it may have; for example, if a field is flagged for encryption it says SEAL.

OK, I tried to remove the Author and Reader fields and all other security related things that I could come up with but I am unable to get rid of this “SIGN SEAL” in some fields.

Anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of this “SIGN SEAL”?

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Subject: “SIGN SEAL” in Field Flags

You do not need to append the items. You can use CopyItemToDocument to copy them and change the names.The SIGN and SEAL flags do not do anything by themselves. SIGN means that if the document is signed, the item will be included. SEAL means that if the document is encrypted, the item will be included. If the document is not signed or encrypted, then SIGN and SEAL have no effect. You can use an item’s IsSigned and IsEncrypted properties to control the SIGN and SEAL flags.

Are there any hide-when formulas that might conceal the text?

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Subject: RE: “SIGN SEAL” in Field Flags

Thanks Rod for your reply.

There plenty of Hide When formulas, but I have taken them off for the purposes of the testing so that I can see what is going on.

I like your CopyItemToDocument method, I did not think of that, but I have discovered yet another way that would achieve what I want.

I am going to try a syntax as follows to remove the contents of a RTF.

Set item = doc.GetFirstItem( “Body” )

item.Values = “”

This is actually better than the method that I had been using, that is:

Call Body.Remove

Set Body = New NotesRichTextItem(doc, “Body”)