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tsnowbe
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I have an HTML composer page with a parameter that is populated with valid selections based on the MREID. Some users will not have any valid selections so the drop down box is not populated.

Rather than a user seeing an empty box, I would like to do a preliminary check on the MREID and display a simple HTML output with a “You do not have access to this report.” message. If a user does have valid selections, the HTML page should be displayed.

In 7.6, this was accomplished in the text editor by evaluating the ID and then skipping to a HTMLFORM BEGIN section when the user didn’t fit the criteria. I’m trying to find a way to accomplish this 8.105m with HTML Composer.

Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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MartinY
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With WF8 it's much more easier than having to do code to grant or not access to something : use the Security Center.

Having proper security setup using the Groups, once a user log in he/she will only see what he/she has access to.


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FP Mod Chuck
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Hi tsnowbe

First of all welcome to Focal Point!!

I'm not sure Martin's suggestion will work since this is base on a table lookup to see if the user has selections available..

I actually think the way you did it in 7.6 should still work in 8.1.05 where the fex does the lookup and then based on if there are selections you branch to the appropriate -HTMLFORM statement to run.


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tsnowbe
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Chuck, you are correct, the lookup is separate from the Webfocus 8 Security so I’m looking for a different solution.

I have two external fex procedures in the HTML form page. One populates a dynamic/explicit drop down and the other is the report that will be launched with a run button. I built the HTMLFORM statement into the drop down list fex but all it does is write a message over top of the existing HMTL canvas that shows all the parameters.

It’s almost as if I need to run a fex on the HTML load that would validate the user and display the appropriate screen (a message or a launch page). When I run the drop down list fex on load, it displays the desired message for non-users but it runs a list of selections in XML format and doesn’t redirect you to the launch page.

If I had a third fex that didn’t create the list but had either (1) the non-user message or (2) some sort of INCLUDE or run statement to then redirect to the HTML page. I attempted this with an include but it prompts for nbsp so I might really be reaching! Thoughts?


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Tom Flynn
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Use site.wfs, pass the MREID, which would be &IBIMR_user, then, INCLUDE a fex which does what you are looking to do.

You may need IBI assistance to set this up, here is a crude example:
  
<set> IBIMR_user (pass)
_site_profile = -INCLUDE YOUR_FEX_HERE

hth

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