Read Only DWG

[Anonymous]

My friends
I wonder how can I leave a file read only?
is there any command?

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

interesting ... are you saying that you want a drawing to be closed. And for someone to open it and it will say that it is read-only? For it to be read-only won't someone else need to be in control of the drawing? and whom should that person/thing be?

[Anonymous]

There are many way to make a drawing to be
read-only, depending on the situation.

1. When open a drawing in Acad manually, the user
can choose to open it as read-only;

2. Use VBA/LISP... code, a drawing can be opened as
read-only by code.

3. Have the said drawing being opened by an Acad
instnace, so all later opening will be read-only

4. Place drawing in a folder which is read-only to
certain users

5. Make the file itself read-only by its file
attribute

6. Place the file on a read-only media, such as
CD

7. Use particular software to lock the drawing,
such as CADLock.

8. Make the drawing into read-only format, other
than *.dwg, such as DWF/PDF...

Since you ask here for a command to "leave the file
read-only", so, you could choose one from 4 to 8, then figure out how to make up
your "command".

"adrzel" wrote in message
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">My
friends I wonder how can I leave a file read only? is there any command? Thank
you.

[Anonymous]

8. Make the drawing into read-only format, other

than *.dwg, such as DWF/PDF..



A PDF might not be a safe option.

[Anonymous]

if safety is an issue, of 1-8 the only suggestion was to defer to another programmer cadlock. as one could always do a file save as. what i thought was interesting was making a drawing/file read-only and keeping it read-only, no matter where it goes or what happens to it. i.e. can't delete it, because it's read-only/in use.

[Anonymous]

I prciso leave the arquicom only for reading but when I load my software it will be reading and writing.
I now lock the layer but it is not safe.

[Anonymous]

Hi adrzel,

You could add the Windows ATTRIB Command to your PGP file and then call
it sequentially after a file close command to set the drawing attribute
to read only.

However, the only drawing file that is safe is a file which is still in
your head.

Anything on a computer (or paper) can be accessed and modified by a
sufficiently motivated and skillful user.

Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's harder, but it's always possible.

If the computer is connected to the internet, then more people can
access it.

Your best bet is to have adequately trained and motivated staff who will
not edit the drawing.



Regards


Laurie Comerford

adrzel wrote:
> I prciso leave the arquicom only for reading but when I load my software
> it will be reading and writing. I now lock the layer but it is not safe.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Thread: Lock a Layer and Keep it Locked

http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6014192쓰

I could also not find an answer