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    Create a Login using a UX

    I can't believe I am having problems with this.
    I have always used the built in login function/component but now I want to create a login utilizing a UX component, but seem to be having endless issues.
    I want to log in, set some session variables and redirect to the application page or to another panel.
    I don't need two factor authentication or a perpetual login, just a simple secure login in a UX.
    J.R.
    Epigate Software, LLC.

    [email protected]
    http://www.epigate.com
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    Tr 2020-10-14_19-12-42.png y this.
    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
    Albert Einstein, (attributed)
    US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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      #3
      Thank you Pete, I'll do that. This seems like a much better solution. I knew the TabbedUI had this option, but honestly I missed this on the UX.
      J.R.
      Epigate Software, LLC.

      [email protected]
      http://www.epigate.com
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        #4
        Alpha has a plain UX login template. It includes the two-factor auth, but, it's not enabled in the template unless you enable it. Meaning you could just delete those containers and voila instant login component.
        Mike Brown - Contact Me
        Programmatic Technologies, LLC
        Programmatic-Technologies.com
        Independent Developer & Consultant​​

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          #5
          Thank you Mike. I had apparently made this much more difficult than it actually is. I appreciate the help from you and Pete.
          J.R.
          Epigate Software, LLC.

          [email protected]
          http://www.epigate.com
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            #6
            Then you can take control. Watch this - as I say Security are just tables.

            https://www.screencast.com/t/ewMbdmeIQHPJ
            Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
            Albert Einstein, (attributed)
            US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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              #7
              Thanks for your input on changing to a UX for login functionality! Was just about to post a question about how the security tables were messed up after moving a website to Alpha Cloud. We originally used the Login component, which was working just fine on our own server for the past several years. However, after publishing to Alpha Cloud, only users stored in the "WebSecurityUsers" table could login, instead of the correct ones stored in "my_aspnet_users". Not sure why, but after logging in as administrator and resaving everyone's record based on our actual user table, they can now login properly. Rather than try to figure it out, looks like it would be best to switch to a UX login going forward...

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                #8
                I found out, once you move to the cloud, the security tables are no longer accessible. They are in the Alpha Cloud and the only way to interact is through the app.
                J.R.
                Epigate Software, LLC.

                [email protected]
                http://www.epigate.com
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                  #9
                  I created a UX login and it works great, HOWEVER, i just found an issue. If I log in and close the browser without logging out, the next time the login page is displayed it somehow thinks I am still logged in and goes right to the dashboard, as if I hit the login button. I have this code in the server side onlogin event, e.url = "dashboard.a5w" and that's about it. Is there a setting I am missing. I didn't have this issue with the built in logging component, only since I created the login UX.
                  J.R.
                  Epigate Software, LLC.

                  [email protected]
                  http://www.epigate.com
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                    #10
                    On my login components I use a5ws_logoutuser() in the server-side onDialogInitialize event.
                    Mike Brown - Contact Me
                    Programmatic Technologies, LLC
                    Programmatic-Technologies.com
                    Independent Developer & Consultant​​

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                      #11
                      I did that Mike, and it still loaded the Dashboard, but without any permissions. So it was just a dashboard with items that had no security.
                      J.R.
                      Epigate Software, LLC.

                      [email protected]
                      http://www.epigate.com
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                        #12
                        Have the page check to see if the user is logged in. If so, they continue otherwise go to the login page. Here is a sample from the wiki...


                        dim userName as C = Context.Security.CurrentUser
                        if .not. Context.Security.CallResult.Success then
                        error_generate(Context.Security.CallResult.Text)
                        end if
                        if alltrim(userName) = "" then
                        'Display "no user is logged in."
                        else 'Display user name
                        end if

                        just a thought
                        Mike Reed
                        Phoenix, AZ

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                          #13
                          Thanks Mike, but that is what it is doing and I do not want it to. Supervisors share two computers in the office, when one closes the tab without logging out and the next supervisor opens the app on the same computer it will go straight to the dashboard, BUT they will be logged in under the previous supervisors account. I think i have resolved it by putting this in the UX login Server Side onDialogInitialize: a5ws_logoutuser() AND this on the server side onLogin:
                          if e.flagUserWasAlreadyLoggedIn = .t.
                          response.redirect("logout.a5w")
                          else
                          e.url = "dashboard.a5w"
                          end if

                          Seems to be working fine now.
                          J.R.
                          Epigate Software, LLC.

                          [email protected]
                          http://www.epigate.com
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                            #14
                            I just wanted to comment on the security user/roles aspect when converting to the cloud. Since IIS is the security manager it must have all security data moved over at one time - initially. So, when you first deploy your app you need to select "Replace" (User and Role Publication setting) so that it pushes everything over. Also, I think your onLogin code may have a hole in it. Are you sure the user is actually being logged out each time?

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                              #15
                              The user is apparently NOT being logged out each time. If they "Log Out" then everything is fine, BUT if they just close the browser tab and not the entire browser, then they are apparently NOT being logged out. I don't know of a way to log out a user when the browser tab is closed. If they close the entire browser then everything is fine too. The above code will log out whoever was logged in when the login page is opened back up. That seems to catch it on the front side, which is better than nothing. Let me know what the hole is, i am nowhere near the level of most on here. I appreciate any input. Thank you.
                              J.R.
                              Epigate Software, LLC.

                              [email protected]
                              http://www.epigate.com
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