[EpiData-list] Re: protecting formulas in check file?

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You cannot protect the chk-file completely (e.g. against someone 
determined to change its contents), but you can protect it from 
accidental changes it by setting the read-only flag of the file (see 
"file attributes" of your operating system).

Dirk

Anthony (epidata-list-request at lists.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
> I have some coefficient values and equations in my chk file and I wondered 
> if there was some way to protect them from being changed by another user 
> down the road?
> 
> In other words, can I structure it so somone in the field can enter the data 
> into the form but not manipulate, accidentally or otherwise, the chk file 
> contents?