Opening Document using the "View" button, sets write protected flag

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Opening Document using the "View" button, sets write protected flag

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I've recently noticed that documents became randomly write protected.
Until I saw that RDM is setting the write protected flag, as I have a document linked inside RDM for easy access.
Something that also seems weird is that if I add that document again but with "read-only" set in the properties of the entry, it also opens the document in read-only but without setting the flag.

Now my question is, why is it that when I have the document added normally and open it with "view" it sets a write-protect flag on the file and also doesn't set that back after opening the file unless I open it as a session where it does set that back.
Is this potentially a bug?
Since it seems like there's no need to set a write-protect flag on the file itself in order to open it in read-only when it seemingly is able to open a file in read-only mode without setting the flag.

It is definitely a bit annoying, I'd really appreciate it, if it would be possible to change the behaviour in a future update so it doesn't set read-only on the file or at least give an explanation on why it was made to behave that way.

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Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to us regarding this,

Could you please specify the version of RDM you are currently using?
What type of data source are you using?
https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/data-sources/data-sources-types/

Are you using the "Document" type entry, or are you using the "Attachments" section of an existing entry?

Let me know,

Best regards,

Samuel Dery

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Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to us regarding this,

Could you please specify the version of RDM you are currently using?
What type of data source are you using?
https://docs.devolutions.net/rdm/data-sources/data-sources-types/

Are you using the "Document" type entry, or are you using the "Attachments" section of an existing entry?

Let me know,

Best regards,


@Samuel Dery

I'm using version 2025.2.29.0 with the XML data source.
It's about a document type entry.

Thanks for the quick response.

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Hello,

Thank you for the follow-up.

I was able to reproduce the issue you are experiencing with the read-only tag. I will report this bug to the development team, and they will begin working on a fix soon.

I will follow up with you as soon as a fix is deployed in a future update.

Best regards,

Jacob Lafrenière