RE: usage of indictators with menu options

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>From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
>Sent: 18 November 2005 15:15
>To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
>Subject: RE: usage of indictators with menu options
>
>I suppose it would, howver how much additional maintenance would be
>required 
>later on? It seems though no matter which option we choose it will
require 
>us to make changes to each menu, since this could happen with any
>particular 
>menu at any particular time.
>
>
>On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:03:27 +0100, Barton, Mike wrote
>> >We have been using indicators with our menu options to turn on or
off
>> >certain functions, programs, etc. based on a users security
settings.
>> As >an example, our Billing Menu uses *IN51 if it is set to *ON then 
>> the user >can access that menu, if not, it is not even displayed for 
>> them. snip....
>> 
>> Doug
>>      rather than suggest a radical re-design :)
>> 
>> isn't it a straightforward change to simply save the Master Menu 
>> authority indicators into a long field and then restore them just 
>> before exfmting (or whatever) the main menu ?
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> --
> 


Doug

the other alternative is to show all menu options but then to
check authority at the time the user selects the option 
(which is how I've done it in the past).

Mike