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ACL: understanding Advanced flag

Jan 18, 2022 1 min read
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When editing an ACL record there is a flag “Advanced”

Wrong opinion: setting Advanced flag to false deactivates execution of script (field “Script”).

Correct information: Advanced flag only controls visibility of the Script field. There could be some code in the “Script” field that you don’t see, but it will be still executed.

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