Protecting Your Database
26 Managing an OmniForm Database
The Protection dialog box appears.
3Select
Protect Data.
4 If you wish, type a password in the
Password
text box. Pass-
words are case sensitive. You will be prompted to reenter your
password for confirmation. The next time anyone tries to
change the data, a dialog box appears, informing the user of the
form’s protection status. The user will not be able to make any
changes unless the user knows the password and can turn off
the protection.
If you lose or forget your password, it cannot be recovered.
5 Click
OK.
Information in fill view is now read-only. All the commands
and buttons associated with protected operations are grayed
out.
6 Click the Fill button in the standard toolbar or choose
Fill
in the
View menu to switch to fill view.
7 Place your cursor in a fill text field and try to type text.
A dialog box appears.
8 Click
OK
to close the dialog box.
Users can export data or copy text in protected mode but cannot alter
form information in any other way such as by filling fields or importing
data.
Repeat steps 1–4 in the preceding instructions but deselect
Protect Data
in the Protection dialog box to turn off data protection.
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