[opencms-dev] How to allow users to select but not to create resources via ADE

[Christoph Fröhlich]

Hi,

we have some content-items which are created programmatically from external databases. Events, for example.
Editors shall be able to publish them on the site (by placing them in container pages).
But they should be not able to create new items.

Our first approach was to remove the content types in question from the ADE-"magic wand"-dialogue (by manipulating the module ".config"). But since the wand- dialogue combines the ability to create and to select items, removing the content types from the dialogue disable the users ability to select items as well.

A workaround could be throwing Exceptions from formatters, when an item is in memory only. But there might be a better way.

Does anyone know how to make items selectable but not "creatible" via ADE?

Thanks and regards
Christoph