Removing the ability to delete from Web Client

SYMPTOMS

There may be a good reason for the ZyLAB admin to totally remove the ability to delete documents via the Web Client.

CAUSE

In some cases the delete button may be selected by mistake and the document removed from the index.

RESOLUTION

There are two common used ways to prevent this:

On single user level:
In the Web Client, go to "Options"
Go to the  "Results" tab
Uncheck the box "Delete entries" and hit save.


For all users:
You will need to modify the users.css file of the Web Client that you wish to modify.
Prior to making any changes, ensure to make a back up of the affected files.

• Navigate to your default location of wwwroot folder (C:\inetpub\wwwroot\<your web client name>\styles\default)
• Locate the file users.css and open it
• In the users.css file you will have to locate the line: #zy_result_delete { /* display: none; */ }
• This will be under section /* RESULT AND TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES */
• You will have to remove "/ *" and "* /" delimiters to disable the option.

The result will be that the icon will be removed and under settings the option to enable/disable the delete button will be removed as well. This way users cannot enable it back unless you change it in the users.css file back to the original. When installing a new version of the software, new templates will be installed as well so you will need to redo the change.

APPLIES TO

6.3