Trying to find a solution for locking layersin Adobe InDesign without option to un-lock (just with password), currently I understand there is no option just lock/unlock option.
Could you reccomend for somebody who alreasy expirience with Adobe SDK programming?
Thank you
Nissan
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No, you can’t lock layers with a password in InDesign. I moved your post from a very old, very long thread in “Get Started” to the InDesign forum.
You can put in a feature request here: https://indesign.uservoice.com. I’ve heard others ask for this over the years. In the meantime, do you know about InCopy and are you using it in your office?
Maybe it could be done using a log file, prompt, and onClick prompts on the layers, though I don't think you can get an event to trigger by clicking the lock? In either case, it wouldn't be all that secure, since someone could just access the log file to find the password. I would just tell folks not to unlock layers unless they have a darn good reason to,
I agree that it couldn't be done on a document by document basis, but what about a startup script that used an event listener to listen for a particular layername being toggled, and then call a prompt? Granted, it would only lock the layer on the machine that had the startup script, so if the file was opened on another machine it wouldn't work.
If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
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