How can I forbid user edit any task?

[karoc]

I want to make project opened readonly, and forbid any edit, How can I do this?

 

[John]

I want to make project opened readonly, and forbid any edit, How can I do
this?

karoc,
You posted to the developer newsgroup but I don't see any mention of
wanting to do this automatically, (e.g. via VBA), so I'll assume it is
just a general question. Normally general questions should be posted to
our sister newsgroup, microsoft.public.project.

To set a Project file as read only, open the file and go to File/Save
As. Hit the "Tools" icon on the far right of the Save As window. Select
General Options. Check the Read Only Recommended option, hit "OK" and
then "Save". Note that a user can always open a read only file, edit it
and then save it under a new name.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[karoc]

Thanks, John.
I mean use VSTO to do this. do you have any suggestion?

 

[John]

Thanks, John.
I mean use VSTO to do this. do you have any suggestion?

karoc,
Sorry, I don't use Visual Studio but since you will still be working
with Project, what I said still holds. However, maybe someone else will
chime in with more useful information. If not, try re-posting with a
little more description in your request.

John
Project MVP

 

[Stephen Sanderlin]

Is this a standalone or project server environment? What version of
Project?

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[karoc]

a standalone project, version is project professinal 2007

 

[Stephen Sanderlin]

There's really no easy way to do this. You can, of course, trap the
various BeforeChange events present in Project and write code to prevent
changes. However, there may be other options such as storing project
files on read-only network shares or something. What is your business
requirement?

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[karoc]

ok, i see. Thank you, Stephen.

There's really no easy way to do this. You can, of course, trap the
various BeforeChange events present in Project and write code to prevent
changes. However, there may be other options such as storing project
files on read-only network shares or something. What is your business
requirement?

--

Stephen Sanderlin

Principal Consultant

MSProjectExperts



For Project Server Consulting: http://www.msprojectexperts.com

For Project Server Training: http://www.projectservertraining.com



Read my blog at: http://www.projectserverhelp.com/

Join the community at: http://forums.epmfaq.com