Why does Readers field require "*" for everyone to see the document?

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We have a database that has Readers, Author, and Editors fields to help control who can read and edit the documents. We are having to enter an asterik in the Readers field in order for the document to be visible to everyone. I don’t understand why the asterik is required, shouldnt’ the Readers field be left empty?

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Subject: Why does Readers field require “*” for everyone to see the document?

If there is no reader restiction then I normally use “” (null) for the readers field. Make sure it does not have a space and/or is just a string (vs a readers field)

Maybe this thread might help explain ==>

BTW, there is no such thing, to my knowledge, of an Editors field.

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Subject: RE: Why does Readers field require “*” for everyone to see the document?

Hi,

Here’s a few links on readers fields.

We already have the excellent post from Andre Guirard

The Compleat Reader and Author Field Troubleshooter
Here’s a general-purpose reader and author field troubleshooting guide. This FAQ was posted by Andre Guirard of Lotus Software.

But this is another one from Raphael Savir

Using and understanding Reader Names fields in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino
Take advantage of and implement the extremely useful IBM Lotus Notes and Domino security feature, Reader Names fields. Learn how this feature affects replication, agents, and views and how to troubleshoot two common problems with Reader Names fields.

thank you,

JYR

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Subject: Why does Readers field require “*” for everyone to see the document?

There is more than one Readers-type field on the document. Don’t just look at the form, look at the document properties. There is probably a field named $Readers being created by settings on the form’s or document’s properties, security tab (“Who can read…”).

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Subject: RE: Why does Readers field require “*” for everyone to see the document?

Thanks for the responses. I found that the Readers field is a text data type without field flag: SUMMARY READ-ACCESS NAMES. The values in this field are used to update a field WFDocReaders that has the flag SUMMARY READ-ACCESS NAMES. A lotus script routine that sets IsReaders property to true.