desabling word from access

[adaniele]

hi guys, i have a question for the experts..

i have a form and a button on it. The button merge data from a table into a new doc. , save it and close it. At this point everything is ok.
But, what i really want is to be able to open a preview and let the user to close it ONLY, deseabling everything in word to not to let the user save it.
is that possible? or do u have any other suggestion?

thx a lot, max.

 

[john471]

You could save it, close it, then set the read-only attribute, then re-open it (as read only). Would that suffice?

Of course the user could always still make changes, and save it as another name.. won't stop deliberate mis-use but might prevent accidental mis-hap.

 

[adaniele]

john, excelent alternative. thx vey much, max.