OWC 11 - Disabling Data Source changing but allowing Command and Options

[Lucas]

Hello, I'm using the OWC11. I'd like to disable the properties from the
chartspace that allow the user to change the datasource. I found that if I
forbidden users to use the command and options dialog box, it couldn't
change the datasource.

But I would like to give the user the possibility to use the command and
options dialog box (in order to modify Charts properties ) and disabling the
possibility of changing the datasource.

If anyone could help me, I will appreciate it a lot.

Thanks,

Pablo.

 

[Wei-Dong Xu [MSFT]]

Hi Lucas,

Thank you for posting in the MSDN managed newsgroup!

I'd suggest you can produce the chart in the server side, then send the result chart to the client. If the users want to modify the chart property,
they can send the request to the server. You can control all the chart settings in the server-side based on the users request so that the customer
has no way to alter the datasource property.

If my suggestion is not helpful in your scenario, so far as I know, forbidding the access to "command and opions" dialog box may be the only way in
client side.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any further questions.

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Wei-Dong Xu
Microsoft Product Support Services
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[Lucas]

Our Application uses interactive Charts, so the option of process it server
side is not an option. The point is that we'd like to give our users all the
customization power of OWC charts, without re-implement it (it would be hard
to write a "wrapper" for all customization possibilities of charts). That's
why we would like to allow access to "Command and Options" (allowing them to
change chart type, scales, series, captions, etc, etc) but the Data menu
seems to be too much flexible (because they could change the data source
also).

Are you telling me that OWC 11 doesn't manage this level of security /
access granularity?

Thanks a lot

Hi Lucas,

Thank you for posting in the MSDN managed newsgroup!

I'd suggest you can produce the chart in the server side, then send the

result chart to the client. If the users want to modify the chart property,

they can send the request to the server. You can control all the chart

settings in the server-side based on the users request so that the customer

has no way to alter the datasource property.

If my suggestion is not helpful in your scenario, so far as I know,

forbidding the access to "command and opions" dialog box may be the only way
in

 

[Wei-Dong Xu [MSFT]]

Hi Lucas,

Thank you for replying and more information regarding this issue!

So far as I know, if you provide the "command and opinions" to the users, they can configure all the settings including data source property.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any further questions.

Does this answer your question? Thank you for using Microsoft NewsGroup!

Wei-Dong Xu
Microsoft Product Support Services
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Lucas]

OK. Thank you very much.
Lucas C

Hi Lucas,

Thank you for replying and more information regarding this issue!

So far as I know, if you provide the "command and opinions" to the users,

they can configure all the settings including data source property.

 

[Wei-Dong Xu [MSFT]]

Hi Lucas,

Thank you for replying!

It is my pleasure to be some of service.

Thank you once more for using Microsoft NewsGroup!

Wei-Dong Xu
Microsoft Product Support Services
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.