B4J Question [ABMaterial] what approach for users and admin ?

[Gianni M]

Hi ,
we want create a different menu (page.NavigationBar). One for administrator and one for all user. there is no problem.
But which pages to check to allow authorized access ?

 

[alwaysbusy]

Basically, when one logins, we add an attribute to the session:

page.ws.session.SetAttribute("authType", "admin")
'or
page.ws.session.SetAttribute("authType", "user")

When entering a page, we check if the page is allowed for this type user in WebSocket_Connected():

If session.GetAttribute2("authType", "") <> "admin" Then
     ' not allowed, so back to the root of the app
     ABMShared.NavigateToPage(ws, ABMPageId, "../",False)
     Return
End If

 

[Gianni M]

Basically, when one logins, we add an attribute to the session:

page.ws.session.SetAttribute("authType", "admin")
'or
page.ws.session.SetAttribute("authType", "user")

When entering a page, we check if the page is allowed for this type user in WebSocket_Connected():

If session.GetAttribute2("authType", "") <> "admin" Then
     ' not allowed, so back to the root of the app
     ABMShared.NavigateToPage(ws, ABMPageId, "../",False)
     Return
End If

very easy, thank you

 

[Gianni M]

Basically, when one logins, we add an attribute to the session:

page.ws.session.SetAttribute("authType", "admin")
'or
page.ws.session.SetAttribute("authType", "user")

When entering a page, we check if the page is allowed for this type user in WebSocket_Connected():

If session.GetAttribute2("authType", "") <> "admin" Then
     ' not allowed, so back to the root of the app
     ABMShared.NavigateToPage(ws, ABMPageId, "../",False)
     Return
End If

the same question!
@alwaysbusy your response is easy, but it's possible create two MENU ("admin" and "user") into ABMShared
Menu admin :
Manage DB
Backup DB
Setup
......
....

Menu user:
About
your info
insert message
bla, bla, bla
....
.......
.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

 

[Harris]

For each page, you are building and connecting the navigation bar....

So in ConnectNavigationBar, create what you want depending on user type.
You may also put these items in a DB table - and load them accordingly.

Sub ConnectNavigationBar(page As ABMPage, usertype as String)  ' added this usertype param - determined at the page level - optional!
    ' Clear the dummies we created in BuildNavigationBar
    page.NavigationBar.Clear

if usertype = 'admin' then
    page.NavigationBar.AddSideBarItem( "About",   "About / Help", "mdi-action-dashboard",  "../AboutPage")
    page.NavigationBar.AddSideBarDivider '("")
    page.NavigationBar.AddSideBarItem( "Reports",   "System Reports", "mdi-file-folder-open",  "../reportsPage")
else
   ' do something else '
end if

' OR

Select usertype

    case admin
' build admin menu' 
    case user
' build user menu'
    case public
' build public non-user menu - very limited options '

end case

 

[Gianni M]

For each page, you are building and connecting the navigation bar....

So in ConnectNavigationBar, create what you want depending on user type.
You may also put these items in a DB table - and load them accordingly.

ok it's fine for me