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• All no access prohibits seeing the items in all value lists. Prohibits accessing value list
names in the Sort dialog box and other dialog boxes that display value list names.
Prohibits opening the Manage Value Lists dialog box in order to create or edit value
lists.
3. To set individual privileges for each value list in the file, for Value Lists, choose Custom
privileges. In the Custom Value List Privileges dialog box, select each value list (or select
Any New Value List to set privileges for any new value list created later) and set the
privileges you want for it. When you’re through setting privileges for individual value lists,
click OK.
Tip You can also set individual privileges for multiple value lists at once by first selecting
multiple value lists in the Custom Value List Privileges dialog box. See the Notes section below.
4. In the Edit Privilege Set dialog box, define any other privileges for the privilege set.
For details on the different privileges you can define, see:
• Editing record access privileges
• Editing layouts privileges
• Editing scripts privileges
• Editing extended privileges for a privilege set
• Editing other privileges
5. When you’ve finished editing this privilege set, click OK.
You see the Manage Security dialog box.
6. Do one of the following:
• If you’ve finished working with accounts and privileges, click OK. In the dialog box that
appears, enter an account name and password that is assigned the Full Access
privilege set, and click OK.
• To assign the privilege set to one or more accounts, see Creating accounts or Editing
existing accounts.
Notes
• To make a value list modifiable for users with the appropriate privileges, you must format the
field object with the options that permit adding new value list items or editing existing value
To
In the Custom Value List
Privileges dialog box
Allow viewing the value list, editing the value list,
and deleting the value list
For Privilege, choose Modifiable.
Allow viewing of the value list only. Prohibits
editing the value list in the Manage Value Lists
dialog box.
For Privilege, choose View only.
Prohibit seeing the items in a value list. (The user
will see
<No Access> for the list instead of the
value list items.) Prohibits editing the value list in
the Manage Value Lists dialog box.
For Privilege, choose No access.
Allow creating new value lists and duplicating any
viewable value list
Select Allow creation of new value lists.