RE: usage of indictators with menu options

I have thought about that a lot, which would not necessarily be a bad idea 
although it will take a lot of work to modify the menu programs, but 
certainly doable and would eleviate the load issue I indicated previously.  
One additional thought, since they would initially have access to the menus 
I can foresee the matter of people constantly trying to access items they do 
not have access to.  What would be the most efficient way to write those out 
to a job log that would remain available for say a month at a time?



On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:21:49 +0100, Barton, Mike wrote
> >-----Original Message-----
> >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
> 
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