How to set Enterprise Custom Fields-Read Only permission

[macariom]

Hi,

We have made a custom pages that uses/save to a Enterprise Custom Fields/lookup table.

It works but I have some issue, We have to give users Manage Enterprise Custom Fields permission. So if a user made changes( intentionally or just curiously) our application will not work.

Is there a way to set Enterprise Custom Fields read-only permission? Any work around suggestion?

Thanks again,
mac

[ssanderlin]

Originally Posted by macariom

Hi,

We have made a custom pages that uses/save to a Enterprise Custom Fields/lookup table.

It works but I have some issue, We have to give users Manage Enterprise Custom Fields permission. So if a user made changes( intentionally or just curiously) our application will not work.

Is there a way to set Enterprise Custom Fields read-only permission? Any work around suggestion?

Thanks again,
mac

Unfortunately, there's no way to control whether a CF is read-only or not. This was a planned feature for 2007 that was cut before RTM.

I assume your page is using the CustomFields and LookupTable web services... you could set up the page to use a single set of hardcoded credentials (instead of passing along the credentials of the logged in user). This would ensure that you wouldn't have to distribute the permission like you do now. However, this approach does present some security issues.

I'm curious, though... what functionality do you have in this page that breaks when a change is made to a field and/or lookup table?