🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi Nina...

The "drop" command in a rules file doesn't change the elements that are available in FM, it just deletes that element on the way into or out of FM.

I don't think that there's a way to "lock" an element (meaning have it visible in the element catalog, but not usable). If you want to restrict the elements that can be used in FM, you'll need to edit the EDD and remove those elements that you don't want to use. I've done this for a number of clients and it works very well. It doesn't require that you "specialize" or modify the DTDs at all, just the EDD. The best way to do this is to conditionalize and hide the element definitions (and references to those elements in a general rule). That way you can hide the elements you don't want, but you can easily bring them back as needed.

Cheers,

...scott