Document-based user interfaces controlled and managed by a system

A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that when executed by a processor, performs a method for controlling behavior of document-based user interfaces by actions performed from a system, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• determining data entry in a document creation application by a business management application that runs on a platform of the system, wherein the data is entered by a user;
• interacting with the data using a web services application interface of the business management application;
• invoking a rule in the business management application that enables the behavior of the document creation application being controlled by the system;
• assigning regulatory controls to the document creation application until completion of an approval process for the data;
• and
• relinquishing the rule on completion of the approval process.

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory machine readable medium;
• and
• instructions carried by the machine-readable medium and operable to cause a programmable processor to perform:
• determining data entry in a document creation application by a business management application that runs on a platform of a system, wherein the data is entered by a user;
• interacting with the data using a web services application interface of the business management application;
• invoking a rule in the business management application that enables behavior of the document creation application being controlled by the system;
• assigning regulatory controls to the document creation application until completion of an approval process for the data;
• and
• relinquishing the rule on completion of the approval process.