Does anyone know of an easy way to give customers read-only access to all the tables without trying to limit their rights to the specific files from Netware? We need to be able to turn this capability on and off as necessary. Would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks in advance,

Jim

If you mark tables read-only using Netware or DOS you will cause a litany of errors within AREV. These vary depending on your network driver.

Depending on your application, you might consider

- a READ-ONLY MFS which is software / login ID controlled.

- exporting the data you want at regular intervals, in HTML format, and using a web browser to view the results (real read-only)

- a version of the software with only enquiry screens and the report writer enabled.

Steve

Don't know your full requirements, but the NPP allows for read-only volumes.

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Thank you both for your suggestions. You've given several options to explore. I appreciate your help.

One of the simplest methods I know of is to modify the key mapping on the fly. Consult Technical Bulletin 59 for more details.

Here is one way to implement a read-only for a user:

 1)  Create a user name for read-only access

 2)  Attach a subroutine on the log in to:

         @INT.CONST='   ;* This disables the F9 save key from

                              ;*  the window

         @ENVIRON.SET='  ;* Disable TCL for user

Thank you for your suggestion. It accomplished what we were looking for, a quick way to disable our users. Appreciate your help in the matter.

Jim Cross

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