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    #16
    Re: filter web app HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

    eric,

    its not so much the groups (these can be used to define permissions for users.

    go back to your users section of the web security, choose a user and select 'edit user'

    at the bottom of this screen there is a field called 'external user id', enter in to this field the value of your abreviato field for this record.

    this is the value that is used as a session variable and then this is the value that your components will filter records on.

    don't worry about, it took me such a long time to get my head round it and there are no step by step instructions anywhere.

    i got a lot of help from steve and once i understood it then it was pretty easy from there on.

    hope this helps

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      #17
      Re: filter web app HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

      Richard

      you are the man thanks a lot that was the final piece
      now that I seen how to do it, it does seem easy it would be nice if was explained in the help file like this simple step by step

      again thanks for the support

      eric

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        #18
        Re: filter web app HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

        your welcome, glad i could help someone.

        dont forget to follow steves advice using 'protected__'

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          #19
          Re: filter web app HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

          If the database that needs to be filtered doesn't have the userid field, the database is completely independent from the login userid, how can I assign records from the database to a specific user ?

          do we have to create another table with the userID and link it to those records in the independent database ? I have thousands of accounts and each user is authorized to see his 5 or 6 accounts. The managers would see all accounts for example.

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            #20
            Re: filter web app HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

            Anis,

            You are correct.
            Create a user table have the uulink field and say customeracct
            #, maybe a parent number field and filter based on the login through the customeracct# from the webuser table.

            Then you have to place this a5 code on a header or all the pages to be filtered something like this:
            IF eval_valid("session.__protected__ulink")
            IF session.__protected__ulink <> "" THEN
            session.custname = alltrim(lookupc("F",alltrim(session.__protected__ulink),"Companynumber","[PathAlias.ADB_Path]\users","ID"))
            END IF
            ELSE
            ? "<a href=\"Login.a5w\">Login</a> "
            END IF
            Nicholas Wieland
            LedgerSuite.com Corp
            [email protected]
            http://www.ledgersuite.com

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              #21
              Re: filter web app HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

              Thanks Nicholas but I'm a bit confused.
              If I have a database that has fileds like Account, buys,sells,total
              Example A12345,06,09,15

              I will create a webuser table that has userid, password,Account
              Then I will link the Account in the webuser table to the Account field in the database.
              where would the UULINK field come from, which table ?

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                #22
                Re: filter web app HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

                Originally posted by Anis View Post
                I will create a webuser table that has userid, password,Account
                Then I will link the Account in the webuser table to the Account field in the database.
                where would the UULINK field come from, which table ?
                Do a search on"Web Application Functions" in help and review

                ? A5WS_Get_GUID_From_User("alfred")
                = "d2756e91632942ac93472e5423f0de58"

                ?a5ws_Get_Ulink_From_GUID("432f3df278a24df0a39219be1f356019")
                = "00000029"


                dim guid as C
                guid = A5WS_Get_GUID_From_User("doris")

                ? guid = "9036155807a2443782ba61ed2a974471"

                ? A5WS_Get_User_From_GUID(guid)
                = doris



                You can create an update to your user table and update it with the guid to a ulink field, then set a session variable to query your table.
                Nicholas Wieland
                LedgerSuite.com Corp
                [email protected]
                http://www.ledgersuite.com

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                  #23
                  Re: filter web app HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

                  Thank you Nicholas. That is very helpful

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