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    Access to control panel

    I get to the stage in my program where I want to lockout the control panel and test my program from startup. When I did this I then I used to have to either build an access process/button on main startup page to take me to the control panel to fix design issues; or use ctl+alt+shift on entry to by pass all settings.

    I created a work around that someone might find useful. In the autoexec I dim a global variable. In my case I called it cpcode

    The in the onkey event to the main startup form I place the following code

    Dim mykey as c

    If a_user.key.value <> "{enter}" then
    a_user.key.handled = .T.
    IF a_user.key.event = "down" THEN

    mykey = a_user.key.value

    cpcode = cpcode + mykey



    END IF

    end if

    If a_user.key.value = "{enter}" then
    a_user.key.handled = .T.
    IF a_user.key.event = "down" then
    if cpcode = "123" then
    'Close current form or browse window.
    DIM mode as c
    mode = parentform.mode_get()
    'If the form is in Enter or Change mode, first save the changes before closing the form
    if mode = "ENTER" .or. mode = "CHANGE" then
    parentform.commit()
    'Check to see if the record was successfully saved
    if parentform.mode_get()<>"VIEW" then
    ui_msg_box("Unable to save your changes","Please correct and save, or discard your changes", UI_STOP_SYMBOL)
    end
    end if
    end if
    'Close the form
    parentform.close(.f.)

    'Show the Control Panel (after previously hiding it).
    :controlpanel.show()
    cpcode = ""

    end if

    end if
    end if
    Now all i do is type 123 and hit the enter key
    -----------------------------------------------
    Regards
    Mark Pearson
    [email protected]
    Youtube channel
    Website

    #2
    Re: Access to control panel

    Thanks Mark.

    The only issue I see with this is that users tend to try everything and this will give them a chance to access the control panel...unless you are planning on getting rid of this aspect when distributing. I believe it was Cal Locklin who has mentioned a method whereby if the application is on his machine the control panel/login is shown, otherwise not....something along those lines.
    Mike
    __________________________________________
    It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
    It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
    Henry David Thoreau
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      #3
      Re: Access to control panel

      The intent was only for development to the point of distribution. I remove it and add a password access process post development. That said I could modify this to specific machine as well.

      Thanks for that insight
      -----------------------------------------------
      Regards
      Mark Pearson
      [email protected]
      Youtube channel
      Website

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        #4
        Re: Access to control panel

        I took on board what you advised. I modified the autoexec to look for machine name and load into a variable. Then using select case so that I can add more than one machine (as I work from two at times).

        Took that and added an if statement to the on_key event. works great. A user would have to do some playing to pick that out. That sort of user needs to get a life.

        allows me to keep this permanently without removing. Thanks for the idea

        Autoexec

        dim global cpcode as c
        dim machname as c
        dim global cpallowed as l
        cpcode = ""
        machname = API_GETMACHINENAME()
        Select
        Case machname = "your machine name"
        cpallowed = .t.

        end select


        On_key event to form

        Dim mykey as c
        if cpallowed = .t. then
        If a_user.key.value <> "{enter}" then
        a_user.key.handled = .T.
        IF a_user.key.event = "down" THEN
        mykey = a_user.key.value
        cpcode = cpcode + mykey

        END IF
        end if
        If a_user.key.value = "{enter}" then
        a_user.key.handled = .T.
        IF a_user.key.event = "down" then
        if cpcode = "123" then
        'Close current form or browse window.
        DIM mode as c
        mode = parentform.mode_get()
        'If the form is in Enter or Change mode, first save the changes before closing the form
        if mode = "ENTER" .or. mode = "CHANGE" then
        parentform.commit()
        'Check to see if the record was successfully saved
        if parentform.mode_get()<>"VIEW" then
        ui_msg_box("Unable to save your changes","Please correct and save, or discard your changes", UI_STOP_SYMBOL)
        end
        end if
        end if
        'Close the form
        parentform.close(.f.)
        'Show the Control Panel (after previously hiding it).
        :controlpanel.show()
        cpcode = ""
        end if
        end if
        end if
        end if
        -----------------------------------------------
        Regards
        Mark Pearson
        [email protected]
        Youtube channel
        Website

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