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Is there a simple, fast way to make an Activiti (Alfresco BPM) form ready-only for specific users?

joeblue — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 23:06:37 GMT

I am building a prototype app for a performance review process. The process includes several actors working with basically the same form. If you go back to its paper-based roots, one actor would complete his part of the form, then pass it on to another actor to review what the first actor did, and t

Re: Is there a simple, fast way to make an Activiti (Alfresco BPM) form ready-only for specific users?

gdharley — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:27:02 GMT

Hello Joe,

In my opinion, option 1 (using Javascript to set the disabled field) is the correct solution. You mentioned you didn't want to do this because you had 100+ fields. The way around this is to target the container element and use Javascript to disable all contained "inputs".
The following JSFiddle demonstrates the approach: JQuery Disable Div - JSFiddle

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Greg

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Re: Is there a simple, fast way to make an Activiti (Alfresco BPM) form ready-only for specific users?

joeblue — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:13:15 GMT

Greg,

Thanks for the tip to target the container and JSFiddle demonstration. I didn't get a chance to try it in my app because I had already gone down the option 2 path—create a different form for each user type, using the Display Value/Text fields for read-only fields. But it's something I'll look into when I get a chance to refactor my app. Right now I have to focus on shipping what I've done so far.

Thanks again.

-Joe