Container field: How to set up viewing: Yes, Editing : no

[Balder]

Hallo all,

I would like to do the following: (Windows, FMPro5)

Create a new Word (or Excel)-document (create it IN the container) and display an icon in the container field. So far, so good, no problem.

But how can i prevent certain users from EDITING the document?

(i created a group and a password and set access to the container to read-only)

When i set the security-options of the container to read-only, there is no possibility to VIEW the document, a double-click on the icon doesn't work.

Any suggestions how to solve the problem?

Or is the best way to link to an existing file and let the server (NT) handle the security?

Regards from Holland,

Erik

[ November 09, 2001: Message edited by: Erik H ]

[Kurt Knippel]

You want FILEMAKER to be able to control how Filemaker users view and edit a WORD document?

You can certainly control a Filemaker user's access to the document itself, but there is nothing (that I know of) that Filemaker can do once the document is opened in Word.