You enable edit mode on an application-by-application basis. Edit mode is not enabled for any applications when the product is installed.
You enable edit mode for an application by using the Edit Mode Enabled? check box in Application Designer.
If you decide at a later point that edit mode is not needed for an application, you can clear the Edit Mode Enabled? check box. Disable edit mode outside of normal business hours. Users who are currently editing records in the application when you disable edit mode continue to have edit mode access until they log out and log back in.