I've been reprogramming our old Q&A inventory database into Sesame, where I have ran into a few problems but have got through it with a little help.  Now I am trying to lock up the new application from our data entry person... I wish to give her search access only and the ability to change only the quantity on hand and the year to date sales. 

Now the problem, if I turn off her write ability in everything except these 2 options, when she starts a new search it only allows her to search in these 2 options... She has access to part# field only when she first opens the application and performs the first search, after that she is locked out of every field except the add and subtract fields.

I have updated to version 1.0.3 and even reinstalled all of Sesame but it still doesn't seem to work at all.  Does anybody have a suggestion or a possible fix for this issue?

Kerinst,

Steve_In_Texas' approach is the one to take here. If you need elements to be read only depending on conditions or mode, use programming. You can use @UserID or @Group to check which user you have. You can use the OnFormEntry and OnRetrieveSpecEntry events to set elements read only or not depending on your needs.

OK that will give me something to try while I work all weekend on keeping our secretary from goofing up the program any worse than it already is by her   

I was setting them to read only in the security manager but I'll fix it again