Method, system, and program product for preventing unauthorized changes to an electronic document

A system for preventing unauthorized changes to an electronic document, comprising:

• at least one computer device, having:
• a system for accessing the electronic document having a user interface control (UIC), the UIC being integrated into the electronic document;
• a system for determining whether a portion of the electronic document is protected by examining at least one of:
• a signature status of data in the electronic document associated with the UIC, or an archival status of the UIC, wherein the determining is in response to an attempted user interaction with the portion of the electronic document;
• and
• a system for preventing, based on the determination that the portion of the electronic document is at least one of signed or archived, all user interaction with the signed or archived portion of the electronic document that affects at least one of:
• the data, or a presentation property of the electronic document that affects an interpretation of the data, wherein the data comprises a data item directly associated with the UIC.

A program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for preventing unauthorized changes to an electronic document, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer system to perform the following steps:

• accessing the electronic document having a user interface control (UIC), the UIC being integrated into the electronic document;
• determining whether a portion of the electronic document is protected by examining at least one of:
• a signature status of data in the electronic document associated with the UIC, or an archival status of the UIC, wherein the determining is in response to an attempted user interaction with the portion of the electronic document;
• and
• preventing, based on the determination that the portion of the electronic document is at least one of signed or archived, all user interaction with the signed or archived portion of the electronic document that affects at least one of:
• the data, or a presentation property of the electronic document that affects an interpretation of the data, wherein the data comprises a data item directly associated with the UIC.

A method for deploying an application for preventing unauthorized changes to an electronic document, comprising:

• providing a computer infrastructure configured to:
• access the electronic document having at least one user interface control (UIC), the UIC being integrated into the electronic document;
• determine whether a portion of the electronic document is protected by examining at least one of:
• a signature status of data in the electronic document associated with the UIC, or an archival status of the UIC, wherein the determination is in response to an attempted user interaction with the portion of the electronic document;
• and
• prevent, based on the determination that the portion of the electronic document is at least one of signed or archived, all user interaction with the signed or archived portion of the electronic document that affects at least one of:
• the data, or a presentation property of the electronic document that affects an interpretation of the data, wherein the data comprises a data item directly associated with the UIC.