Prevent modification of record

[FossilFM]

I'm trying to prevent the modification of a record once a value of a particular field has been set.

I tried to do this with the field validation but this doesn't work as smoothly as I would like. Somehow when I click on scripts after I attempted to modify the record, it somehow allows it then eventually the validation message comes in then says would you like to abort the script. It is a little clunky. What I would like is for the user to experience as though the field became non-modifiable.

I managed to get this experience by setting the user's privelege set to allow modification based on the value of the field. This works great with the only exception of the message that tells the user, "Youra ccess privileges do not allow you to perform this action" I would prefer if the error message was a bit more descriptive or reflective of what caused preventing the modification of the record.

Is there a better way?

Edited October 26, 2005 by Guest

[PeterHW]

What about creating a duplicate layout with non-editable fields, and sending the users with insufficient access privileges there, once the block field has been set ?

Regards,

Peter