Applying granular read-only protection to specific paragraphs in SfDocumentEditor?

[ammaraamer]

Building a financial disclosure and reporting module in an ASP.NET Core application using the Syncfusion Document Editor component. The system dynamically generates multi-page compliance documents that end-users must review, fill out, and export.

To ensure the generated documents meet regulatory standards, we partnered with a corporate tax consultancy to draft the boilerplate templates. They explicitly mandated that while users can input specific variables (like revenue numbers and dates), the core legal disclaimers, liability clauses, and tax calculation tables must be absolutely locked down to prevent any unauthorized tampering before the final PDF conversion.

I am struggling to implement this partial document protection within the DocumentEditorContainer.

Is it possible to apply read-only protection to specific paragraphs or table cells programmatically (perhaps using bookmarks) when generating the document, while leaving the rest of the text editable on the client side?

If paragraph-level locking isn't natively supported, is there a recommended event-handling workaround to block users from deleting or modifying specific text ranges once the .docx file is loaded into the web editor?

Any examples of implementing strict form-field-only editing would be very helpful.

[Sujitha Siva]

Hi Ammaraamer,

Yes, in the Document Editor, it is possible to allow editing for a specific paragraph while restricting editing for other content. This can be achieved by defining an Editable region for the selected paragraph before enabling restrict editing.

 

Using this approach, you can allow either all users or only specific users to edit a particular paragraph.

 

We have shared a video demonstration showing how to achieve this functionality both through the UI and programmatically. Additionally, we have provided a sample for your reference. Kindly review it and let us know if you require any further assistance.

 

Demo: ASP.NET Core DOCX Editor - Document Protection Demo | Syncfusion

Documentation: Restrict-editing-Insert-editable-region

Sample: https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/AspNetCore

 

Regarding form-field-only editing:

 

Document Editor provides support for protecting a document using FormFieldsOnly protection. With this protection mode, users can only fill in the form fields within the document, while all other content remains protected.

 

This functionality can be achieved through both the UI and programmatically. Kindly refer to the attached demo and documentation for more details.

 

Demoo: ASP.NET Core DOCX Editor - Form Fields Demo | Syncfusion

Documentation: Protect-the-document-in-form-filling-mode

 

Please let us know if you require any further assistance.

Regards,

Sujitha S

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