enduser explorer and permissions

rbuser

I have a enduser explorer and i want to be able to show the reports that
certain users are allowed to - permissions. some users should not have the
ability to view certain reports - how do i manage this?
Our users run the reports from the report explorer. how can i manage user
specifc issues like showinmg the report that a certain user can see in
report explorer in the same DB .. from rb_item. i store my reports in the
DB.
thanks

digitalmetaphors

Add an ID field to the database table for the folders and items so that you
can add a filter on the folder and item datasets when the user runs the
application. That would be the easiest away to do it.

Here's and example of configuring the report explorer with read-only added
to it:

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/ReportExplorerWithReadOnly.zip

Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

I have a filter but when i do that, i am not able to post anything that is
design the report - i get an error. is that possible.. designing as well as
viewing.
thanks

rbuser

to be precise i get a recod/key deleted error.
thanks

digitalmetaphors

Did you try running the demo I posted a link to? The demo is in RB 7
format. There is some info about how to do it at the top of the form of
that project:

{This ReportExplorerForm has been modified to support a ReadOnly field in
the
rbItem table. This field allows you to prevent users from modifying
certain
reports. When the ReadOnly field contains a 'T', and the report is
selected
in the Report Explorer, the following items are disabled:

Main Menu:
File | Open
File | Delete
File | Rename

Popup Menu:
Delete
Rename

Toolbar:
Open

In order to achieve this, a variable and method were added to the form:

FReadOnly - which tells whether the currently selected item is read only.

UpdateReadOnlyStatus - which is called each time the selection changes.
This routine updates the value of FReadOnly and disables the various
user interface options as appropriate.

One final tweak was necessary in the ppmReportsPopup event handler (the
method that fires when the ListView is right-clicked). The Rename popup
menu option had to be enabled based on the value of FReadOnly, instead of
just being set to True.

Finally, the Template.OnSaveEnd event has an event handler assigned in
the myEURpt form. Anytime a new report is created, it is automatically
set to Read Only.
}


Cheers,

Jim Bennett
Digital Metaphors

rbuser

THis is kind of what i want - but i dont them to able to preview it even so
a lot of modifications have to be made.. i am starting to implement it - if
i have more issues will contact the newsgroup.
thanks

rbuser

thankyou !! it works like how i want it to,,,