So what you want to achieve is to open a form only in a display mode once the workflow started? If that is correct, my answer is: there is no direct way, you can achieve that only by using formatting rules.

You can set a rule based on the workflow status column, ex. if the column has value, and if the form is in edit mode (isEditMode) you can set formatting on a field to be "disabled".

Regards,

Tomasz

Hello Tomasz,

Form rule created for EditMode and all is good.

Thank you

Regards,

Claire

To prevent saving changes to a completed form, I generally hide the Save/Submit button at the base of the form using an isEditMode rule when the form is complete.

And I often hide the ribbon Edit button using Custom CSS under Form Settings:

/*hide ribbon save button in ribbon for Edit form*/ 
#RibbonSaveButton 
{ 
 display:none; 
}

I have a form that has to go to the first approver for them to be able to edit, after this approver completes the task i require the form to not be editable. IS there a way to hide the ribbon and have the form in display mode only after the first approver workflow?