Save restrictions

[Stéphane]

Hello !

I added some restrictions to report dictionary. When I save the report, the dictionary is well saved but not the restrictions. Is there a way to do this because I don't want that the final user can modify my dictionary.


Thanks in advance.

[Edward]

There exists two ways of preventing modifying the Dictionary by the end-user.

1. In the code after loading the report to add restrictions for each object of the Dictionary.

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report.Dictionary.Restrictions.Add("Categories", StiDataType.DataSource, StiRestrictionTypes.DenyEdit);
report.Dictionary.Restrictions.Add("DataSource._ID", StiDataType.DataColumn, StiRestrictionTypes.DenyShow);

2. Use inheritance of the reports. In that case you will need to create two reports: base with the Dictionary and the second with the items which the user can modify.
How to use the inheritance please see in the sample application.


Thank you.

[Edward]

For also you can disable some buttons and menuitems in the Dictionary.

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            StiDictionaryPanelService dictionaryService = null;
            foreach (StiPanelService service in StiConfig.Services.GetServices(typeof(StiPanelService), false))
            {
                if (service.GetType() == typeof(StiDictionaryPanelService))
                {
                    dictionaryService = service as StiDictionaryPanelService;
                }
            }
            dictionaryService.ShowDeleteButton = false;
            dictionaryService.ShowDeleteMenuItem = false;
            dictionaryService.ShowEditButton = false;
            dictionaryService.ShowEditMenuItem = false;
            report.Design();

Thank you.