FileSite 8.2 SDK: use of UsrGrpSecurityCmd

egauthier

Hello everyone

this is my first thread here. I have already read some useful threads and information so thanks a lot for all of you that share your wisdom.

I have a problem with the fileSite SDK. I need to be able to display the security dialog (that one can easily find in the property dialog of a folder or a workspace for example) to manage groups/user permissions. This is in a stand-alone development so the user can't call the properties panel first, I have to get the security dialog displayed directly.

So I looked deeply in the IManExt and IManExt2 libs and found the undocummented class called :

UsrGrpSecurityCmdClass

I believe this is the right one to use (the corresponding dialog class has the right look). However, I have absolutely no information on the ContextItem needed to use this command.
I have added the sessions, DMS, and also tried some inputs like :
"NRTDatabase", "SelectedDatabase", "Database"... but the dialog keeps on raising the error :
"database property not set" when trying to display the dialog.

Does anyone have ever used this dialog and can help me finding the necessary ContextItems to set please ?

Thanks a lot in advance
cheers

jny

Hello everyone this is my first thread here. I have already read some useful threads and information so thanks a lot for all of you that share your wisdom. I have a problem with the fileSite SDK. I need to be able to display the security dialog (that one can easily find in the property dialog of a folder or a workspace for example) to manage groups/user permissions. This is in a stand-alone development so the user can't call the properties panel first, I have to get the security dialog displayed directly. So I looked deeply in the IManExt and IManExt2 libs and found the undocummented class called : UsrGrpSecurityCmdClass I believe this is the right one to use (the corresponding dialog class has the right look). However, I have absolutely no information on the ContextItem needed to use this command. I have added the sessions, DMS, and also tried some inputs like : "NRTDatabase", "SelectedDatabase", "Database"... but the dialog keeps on raising the error : "database property not set" when trying to display the dialog. Does anyone have ever used this dialog and can help me finding the necessary ContextItems to set please ? Thanks a lot in advance cheers

I'm posting the response I sent to you through your opened DevSupport Case:


You would acutally need to engage the end-user with your own security dialog by invoking the IMANEXTLib.UsrGrpSecurityDlg Object - not the UsrGrpSecurityCmd Object. This implies that you would also need to (1) populate the dialog with the security policy set to the workspace, then (2) update the security of the workspace according to the end-user’s changes made via the dialog.

[C#]

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using IManage;
using IMANEXTLib;

namespace UsrGrpSecDlgForFolder
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            IManDMS dms = new ManDMSClass();
            IManSession sess = dms.Sessions.Add("DSS_WIN2003SERV");
            sess.TrustedLogin();

            //Get database
            IManDatabase db = sess.PreferredDatabase;

            //Get workspace
            IManWorkspace ws = (IManWorkspace)dms.GetObjectBySID("!nrtdms:0:!sessionSS_WIN2003SERV:!database:WS8DSS1:!page:6:");

            string[] usrnames = null;
            string[] grpnames = null;
            imAccessRight[] usrrights = null;
            imAccessRight[] grprights = null;

            IManUserACLs uacls = ws.Security.UserACLs;
            if ((uacls != null) && (uacls.Empty == false))
            {
                usrnames = new string[uacls.Count];
                for (int i = 1; i <= uacls.Count; i++)
                {
                    usrnames[i - 1] = uacls.ItemByIndex(i).User.Name;
                }
                usrrights = new imAccessRight[uacls.Count];
                for (int j = 1; j <= uacls.Count; j++)
                {
                    usrrights[j - 1] = uacls.ItemByIndex(j).Right;
                }
            }


            IManGroupACLs gacls = ws.Security.GroupACLs;
            if ((gacls != null) && (gacls.Empty == false))
            {
                grpnames = new string[gacls.Count];
                for (int i = 1; i <= gacls.Count; i++)
                {
                    grpnames[i - 1] = gacls.ItemByIndex(i).Group.Name;
                }
                grprights = new imAccessRight[gacls.Count];
                for (int j = 1; j <= gacls.Count; j++)
                {
                    grprights[j - 1] = gacls.ItemByIndex(j).Right;
                }
            }

            UsrGrpSecurityDlg dlg = new UsrGrpSecurityDlgClass();
            dlg.NRTDatabase = (NRTDatabase)db;
            dlg.DefaultSecurityType = (SecurityType)ws.Security.DefaultVisibility;
            dlg.EnableExternal = false;
            dlg.UserNameArray = usrnames;
            dlg.UserAccessRightsArray = usrrights;
            dlg.GroupNameArray = grpnames;
            dlg.GroupAccessRightsArray = grprights;
            dlg.Show(this.Handle.ToInt32());

            if(dlg.SecurityChanged == true)
            {
                //Update container security
                Array uNames = null;
                Array uRights = null;
                Array gRights = null;
                Array gNames = null;

                //Get edited user ACL's
                uNames = (Array)dlg.UserNameArray;
                uRights = (Array)dlg.UserAccessRightsArray;

                //Clear previous
                uacls.Clear();
                if (uacls.Empty == true)
                {
                    //Set changes
                    for (int i = 0; i < uNames.Length; i++)
                    {
                        uacls.Add(uNames.GetValue(i).ToString(), (imAccessRight)uRights.GetValue(i));
                    }
                }

                //Get edited group ACL's
                gNames = (Array)dlg.GroupNameArray;
                gRights = (Array)dlg.GroupAccessRightsArray;

                //Clear previous
                gacls.Clear();
                if (gacls.Empty == true)
                {
                    //Set changes
                    for (int i = 0; i < gNames.Length; i++)
                    {
                        gacls.Add(gNames.GetValue(i).ToString(), (imAccessRight)gRights.GetValue(i));
                    }
                }
            }
            ws.Update();//commit security changes to the server.

            this.Close();
        }
    }
}