Defining Entity Read-Only Properties

You can create read-only entities by changing the read-write property of the entity. Read-only entities can exist independently of sealed projects. For example, you can have read-only entities in unsealed projects, and sealing a project does not change any of the project entity read-write properties to read-only. When you define an entity's read-write property as read-only, the editor for that entity displays [Read-only] in the title bar.

To define read-write properties:

In the Studio Projects view, right-click the entity and select Properties.

The Properties dialog box appears.
In the left column, click Resource.
Select Read only.
Click Apply.
Click OK.

Design Studio prevents you from editing any of the data in the entity. To change the read-write property, deselect Read-only in the Properties for dialog box.