Is there a way in Publisher that when a QVW is saved in the folder it inherits the security that has been established on the folder versus having to set the security by file?
Publisher itself doesn't offer this functionality, but you can have the successful completion on the reload trigger an External Program. This program could be a .bat file that uses a copy command to transfer the file. This would achieve the inherited security that you are trying to achieve. While kludgy, it does work.
