In the 16-bit environment I had a product with 3 tables
defined - users, doors, access. You put your users in the
users table, doors (equate numbers) could be screens,
fields, whatever Window control that could be disabled or
hidden, and the access table would list what "doors" users
had access to.
When you were designing a screen, you would place a
template on the screen (let's say in .NET you could place
a control on the screen during development) then a list
would display the controls on your screen you were
developing. You would select what controls (fields, radio
buttons, check boxes, etc.) needed to be disabled or
hidden. Every "door" had a number assigned to it.
When you ran your program and the window opened, a piece
of code would check if the current user (determined by
logging in to an application) had access to what controls
on the screen. Depending on the user and access
the "doors" would be disabled or hidden.
Now when you have that situation in 10 applications for
300 users is there a product that does something like that
already?
Hope this all makes sense.
Thanks,
Bill
