Authorization Manager Programming Issue

[John Lee]

Hi,

Could someone help me on one issue regarding to Authorization Manager
(AzMan)? Thanks in advance!!!

I first open the AD based azMan store and an application, everything seems
work fine ... but when I tried to programatically to retrieve the tasks
defined for a specific role, instead of getting the tasks list but the role
name itself. (I can get the tasks inside a task correctly :), here is my
code:

_app is defined and opened correctly ...

Microsoft.Interop.Security.AzRoles.IAzRole role = _app.OpenRole(roleName,
null);
System.Array tasks = (System.Array) role.tasks;
for (int i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++)
{
MessageBox.Show(tasks.GetValue(i).ToString());
}

Any help and tips will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks again!
John

[Rhett Gong [MSFT]]

Hi John,
I tried a similar code in C# and get the same output (the role has 2 tasks
assigned but from my code, array length = 1 and it shows the role name).
Looks like it is a bug in retrieving tasks property. I will write a c++
program for this issue and update you tomorrow.

thanks,
Rhett Gong [MSFT]
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[Rhett Gong [MSFT]]

Hi John,
Thanks for your update. It is glad to see you have got the problem
resolved.

Yes, it is OK to use IAzApplication::OpenRole and then call OpenTasks to
get tasks if we get the role name. But from doc, the IAzRole::Tasks
property is used to retrieve the tasks associated with the role. I will
send feedback to our doc team to make the doc more clear for users.

Thanks again and Happy New Year.

Rhett Gong [MSFT]
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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