Open File dialog user can delete and rename files.

[Marc R]

Does any one know if there is a way to prevent a user from deleting and renaming files by right clicking on them in an Open File dialog box?

[mikeporter]

Have you tried unchecking "Use Native FIle Dialogs" in the Environment Options.

Mike...

[Marc R]

Yes.  Thank you for your relpy.  I just found that option about a minute ago.  Unfortunately my customer is particulal about the look of the application, and I haven't found any ways of altering the LabView dialog box.

[mikeporter]

Well, the problem is that this isn't a LV dialog box. It's the standard Windows file dialog box and this is the way they work in Windows.

Mike...

[zou]

As mike pointed out, you can't prevent it.  But you can monitor a dir, if anything changed, you can change it back.

George Zou

http://gtoolbox.yeah.net

[tst]

If the user insists on it, you can also try recreating the look of that dialog by getting a list of the files and using a dialog listbox or an ActiveX control, but I think it would be far too much work to get it right. I suggest you simply create your own version which doesn't look exactly like that dialog, but is nicer than the LV dialog.

[Jarrod_S.]

I think the best solution would be to create a User Account for your user on that operating system that doesn't have the privileges to rename or delete files in certain protected directories.

I don't know what ramifications that would have for your application, seeing as it would probably run with the same privileges as the user has...

[smercurio_fc]

If the above suggestions aren't appropriate, you can always try a different control: http://www.xtras.net/products/dialogworkshopnet/