[Solved] Make header/footer read-only

[Samuel]

[Solved] Hi i am able to create header/footer through java but i am not able to make it read-only. Is there any method or libraries for the same?

[Hagar Delest]

Not that I know of, directly.
Not tested: you can try to insert a section in the header/footer and protect it.

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[keme]

Another untested strategy, if Hagar's suggestion does not help you:
It may be possible to protect the entire document, but have an inserted section which is editable.

I don't know how to do either programmatically, though. Hopefully you'll find out.

[JeJe]

With a mousehandler and keyhandler you can intercept mouse and key presses and prevent their action eg by testing to see if the text has the ImplementationName SwXHeadFootText.

[Lupp]

There is a different approach. See attached example. I made it with LibO 25.2.1. In AOO menu paths and setting dialogs are different, but you will easily find what you need.

aoo112635_ProtectHeaderFooter.odt

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[Samuel]

ThankYou guys for the replies, was able to make it read only by adding the header/footer in a text section and used isProtected property to protect it and prevent editing.

[JeJe]

As a cosmetic enhancement you could add, on each page, a form controls label anchored to the page, with blank text so it is invisible (so long as the form controls design mode is off). Using the label to cover from the bottom of the header to the top of the page and extending it to the page edges you can stop clicking in the header to edit it.

Edit: and also, if you wanted, the blank label is a method of adding a tooltip for where it covers.