How do you force a user to use a button to save a form?

Author: Tripp W Black

Created: 08/26/1999 at 07:51 PM

 

Category:
Notes Developer Tips
Forms/Subforms, Formulas

How do you force a user to use a button to save a form?

This code satisfies three requirements:
1) prevent users from saving a form via menu or keyboard controls; only the action button can be used for saves
2) only use ONE field to accomplish to keep application overhead down
3) depending on a value in a status field, action button should issue file save or file save new version

AllowSave field: Editable, Text, Hidden

Default value = "0"
Validation = @If(AllowSave = "0"; @Failure(...); @Success)

Action Button:

FIELD AllowSave := "1";
@If(Status = "Open";
@PostedCommand([FileSaveNewVersion]);
@PostedCommand([FileSave])
)

Form PostOpen Event:

FIELD AllowSave := "0";
@SetField("AllowSave"; "0")


Applies to Notes Versions: 4 4.5 4.6


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