Disable Copy

Magno

Is it possible to disable copy in Navision?

Marije_Brummel

I don't think it's possible, it is not a system-permission.

What is the reason you want to do this?

Magno

i don't want the users to be able to copy the customer/Vendor/other information.

i know they can still write it down, but it will be more difficult to get them all.

Marije_Brummel

I don't think there is a waterproof solution for this issue.

You can try use the property Focusable on some fields or list forms, but this also makes editing and lookup/drill down impossible.

Magno

damn, that is to bad

Timo_Lässer

There is a possible way for that but it is not very comfortable for the developer :whistle:

Place a MenuButton somewhere on the form, create the MenuItems "Copy", "Paste" (and "Cut") and set the corresponding ShortCuts (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+X).
Now, you move the MenuButton behind another control (e. g. other Buttons or behind the list box or ...). Do not disable or hide the MenuButton by property because then the Shortcut will be ignored.

Due to the missing Code behind the MenuItems, the system will do nothing.


(Edit:) This must be done on each form where you want to disable copy & paste.

Marije_Brummel

This can be done, and it has crossed my mind, but the copying with the mouse buttons can still be done.

Magno

hmz, just tried it, doesn't seem to work here...

it still copies/Cuts on ctrl+c/ctrl+x
(i have version 3.70B)

kine

You can use the Clipboard OCX (somewhere in the download) and clear the clipboard in OnTimer of the form...

I sent this "AllowCopy" property request 2 years ago and it was accepted with "in some future version"... :-)

Marije_Brummel

Doesn't this disable the clipboard for all applications when navision is active? :-k

kine

Yes, but only if you are on this form (for example on Customer List)... no another way now...

Magno

ok, thx for the suggestions

Bokk

I have the opposite problem you had. There are some forms that do not allow the user to copy from or paste into. We are doing an upgrade from Nav 3.10 to Nav 4.0 and in some situations for assigning serial numbers, they have been able to copy/paste records. In 4.0 this does not appear to be possible. Can I enable this functionality. I couldn't find how it had been disabled.

Thanks!

kine

There is PasteIsValid property on table...

Bokk

I checked the PasteIsValid property and it is set to YES. I am looking to assign Item Tracking lines from the Item Journal when there is a Negative and a Positive Adjustment. For the Neg. Adj., they drill down and select a Serial No. for each part. In Nav 3.10 they were then able to copy all the assigned Serial No.s, go to the Positive Adj line, drill down and paste them into the Item Tracking lines which is based on the Tracking Specification table in Nav 4.0. This table has the PasteIsValid property set to Yes already and it still does not seem to be allowed. The Paste is even enabled on the right mouse click. There is a global variable InsertIsBlocked which I tried disabling, but that didn't seem work either, unless I missed one of the assignments somewhere.

If you have any other suggestions, I'd appreciate them.

Thanks!

kine

Than may be the problem is that the form is working over temporary table... the insert action call OnInsert of the table and data are inserted by C/AL code...

j.r

kine wrote:

I sent this "AllowCopy" property request 2 years ago and it was accepted with "in some future version"... :-)

Does anybody know, if this property will be available in one of the next versions?!? I certainly mean nearby future and not somewhere, sometimes, somehow ... ;-)

Ciao,
JR

kine

I talked about that with the MS developers and it seems, like they are working on it. I assume that Nav 5 will have something like that, but I am not sure about that...