topic Re: Disable Copy/Paste / Ctrl-Y and CTRL-V in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Disable Copy/Paste / Ctrl-Y and CTRL-V

Former Member — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:24:51 GMT

Hi,

is there any way to disable the Copy/Paste function in the SAPGUI? Especially disabling the key commands CTRL-Y and CTRL-C.

The customer would like to disable any kind of copy function

Thanks in advance

Re: Disable Copy/Paste / Ctrl-Y and CTRL-V

Former Member — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:33:40 GMT

Hi Holger,

I do not know answer to your question but I am still curiuos to know what do we achieve by doing this ? and how are we disabling PrintScreen tab in any desktop or laptop ?

Re: Disable Copy/Paste / Ctrl-Y and CTRL-V

holger_stumm2 — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:45:30 GMT

Hi Nishant,

the customer wants tight security on his system: The user should not be able to cut&paste HR data for example into emails or other application that could be sent to the outside world. ALso all usb ports etc are disabled.

I can't go into details here - security issue!

Re: Disable Copy/Paste / Ctrl-Y and CTRL-V

Former Member — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:29:44 GMT

I have seen this before for ALV grids, but am not sure whether it was a missing feature or infact an intended and possibly optional one.

I suspect the former case to be true, so you will need to use SAPGui engineering to disable it and ensure that the users cannot connect from a machine they have control over to the server or an older SAPGui version. These sort of preferences have typically also been HKEY_CURRENT_USER settings so you might have trouble retro-fitting it as well.

Which SAPGui version are you using? There is a new "SAPGui Security Center" available in 7.20 which might offer this control (amongst several others).

Cheers,

Julius

@ Nishant: Personally I have used the camera on my iPhone but some installations ban cameras, so I bought a "Teach yourself photographic memory in 21 days" course and have not looked back since. I can also count cards if they let me see them...

Re: Disable Copy/Paste / Ctrl-Y and CTRL-V

holger_stumm2 — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:40:51 GMT

Hi Julius,

thx for the answer. The 7.20 SAPGUI way sounds promising - we will have a check. The customer is willing to do whatever settings (Windows, SAP) needs to be done - luckily, he has central configuration management for all desktops.

cheers

holger

Re: Disable Copy/Paste / Ctrl-Y and CTRL-V

Former Member — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:28:22 GMT

Holger,

I'm attaching a link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/rightsmgmt/default.mspx

This is something that has been specifically designed for high security requirements particularly within government / military environments. Your client may find that this is of more use as they can have a single method of locking down several areas rather than have multiple products or processes.

Hope that helps

Re: Disable Copy/Paste / Ctrl-Y and CTRL-V

holger_stumm2 — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:52:38 GMT

Hi Tony,

this sounds great as well, I forward this as another test proposal. I guess the custmer will have to do some homework. ...

thx

Holger