Disable document download link field in Read Only grid

For the past several years at least, I have strongly recommended that developers not use a!linkField() ... for anything, really.  Instead, use a!richTextDisplayField() which includes far more functionality and flexibility.  Within a!richTextItem, you can dynamically set a link with a showWhen parameter, and control what the text says (and its formatting) for different scenarios.  Pair this with functionality to check whether the doc ID is still valid (though I share Stefan's concern that you're deleting documents without updating the Database).

I forget (off the top of my head) whether there's an OOB function to check document existence based on ID, but one available plug-in is "Check Object Existence" which contains one simple rule that you pass an ID to and it returns TRUE or FALSE.

For the past several years at least, I have strongly recommended that developers not use a!linkField() ... for anything, really.  Instead, use a!richTextDisplayField() which includes far more functionality and flexibility.  Within a!richTextItem, you can dynamically set a link with a showWhen parameter, and control what the text says (and its formatting) for different scenarios.  Pair this with functionality to check whether the doc ID is still valid (though I share Stefan's concern that you're deleting documents without updating the Database).

I forget (off the top of my head) whether there's an OOB function to check document existence based on ID, but one available plug-in is "Check Object Existence" which contains one simple rule that you pass an ID to and it returns TRUE or FALSE.