A.3 Oracle IRM Desktop Control Panel Dialog

The Oracle IRM Desktop Control Panel dialog provides access to a set of tabs that show information about the specific sealed document you are currently viewing, including your rights within the sealed document. It is accessed from the Oracle IRM icon in the toolbar of a sealed document, or by selecting the Control Panel link on any status page.

The Oracle IRM Desktop Control Panel dialog can display the following tabs, depending on what type of sealed document you currently have open:

A.3.1 Properties Tab

The Properties tab shows the properties of the sealed document you are currently viewing, such as when it was sealed and to which context.

The properties can help with diagnostics.

Open the tab by selecting Properties on the Oracle IRM Desktop Control Panel dialog, which you open by selecting the Oracle IRM icon in the toolbar of a sealed document, or by selecting the Control Panel link on any status page.

Properties tab

Element Description
Scrollable display area Shows the properties of the sealed document you are currently viewing.
Copy to clipboard (link) Copies the properties information to the clipboard, from where it can be pasted into a text application.

A.3.2 Rights Tab

The Rights tab shows what rights you have for the current document, and when these rights have to be refreshed.

The list can vary depending on the type of sealed document you are viewing. For example, rights related to playing video files only appear when you access a video file.

Open the tab by selecting Rights on the Oracle IRM Desktop Control Panel dialog, which you open by selecting the Oracle IRM icon in the toolbar of a sealed document.

Rights tab

Element Description
Document information display area Shows, in the following order:
  • the name of the context to which the current document is sealed

  • the name of the document user

  • the time and date by which the rights held for the current document have to be refreshed (by synchronization with the server).

Feature (column) Features equate to rights. The Features column lists the rights that have been allocated to the current user for the current sealed document.

Not all rights are listed. Where a main right includes a subsidiary right, and where both rights have been allocated to the current user, only the main right is shown. The following are examples of such compound rights:

  • The Edit right includes the Edit Tracked, Annotate, Interact, and Formulae rights.

  • The Print to File right includes the Print right.

If you have been allocated a subsidiary right, but not the main right, both rights are shown in the Features column, the subsidiary right with "Yes" against it, and the main right with "No" against it.

Allowed (column) ""Yes" shows that the right has been allocated to the current user for the current sealed document.

"No" shows that the right has not been so allocated.

Trusted Destinations (display area) You may have to scroll down to see this. If you have the Copy To right, a list of trusted destinations that you can reseal to and copy text to is shown here.

Note that if you have the Copy right, you will not have the Copy To right. This is because you do not need the Copy To right if you have the Copy right: with the Copy right, you can copy material from sealed documents to any other document, whether or not it is in a trusted destination.

Copy to clipboard (link) You may have to scroll down to see this. Select to copy the rights information to the clipboard, from where it can be pasted into a text application.

A.3.3 Account Tab

The Account tab identifies the server and user for a document sealed against a 10g version of Oracle IRM Server. The tab is shown only for documents sealed against a 10g version of Oracle IRM Server.

Open the tab by selecting Account on the Oracle IRM Desktop Control Panel dialog, which you open by selecting the Oracle IRM icon in the toolbar of a sealed document.

Account tab for 10g sealed documents

Element Description
Oracle IRM Server Shows the 10g server against which the current document was sealed.
User Shows the username for the current user of the sealed document.
Change Password (link) Opens the Change Password Dialog (10g only), through which you can change the current user's password for accessing sealed documents on the current server. You will need to enter the old password before you are allowed to create a new password. This method of changing a password applies only to 10g servers.
Copy to clipboard (link) Copies the user account information to the clipboard, from where it can be pasted into a text application.