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You can get information on the current user doing like this:

Session("DW_Admin_Login") holds True or false if the user is logged on or not

To get detailed information on the user currently logged on: 

Dim usr As Backend.User

usr = Session("DW_Admin_User")

The Backend.User object will give you the details, like username, userid etc.

To check for permissions, you can do like this:

'To check if a user has access to a surden module:

If Base.HasAccess("News", "") Then

End If

'To check if a user has access to a surden Category in a module:

If Base.HasAccess("NewsCategories", drNews("NewsCategoryID")) Then

End If

To get the second option to work you need to specify some information in module table of Database Dynamic.mdb. You have to specify ModuleDatabase, ModuleTable, ModuleFieldID and ModuleFieldName with some database information. After you do this, the usermodule gives you the possibility to control access to different categories/areas of a module.

Note: The first variable in has access is either the systemname (checking for general access) or the systemname postfixed with "Categories" when checking for a surden category/area.

NP wrote:

You can get information on the current user doing like this:

 

Session("DW_Admin_Login") holds True or false if the user is logged on or not

 

To get detailed information on the user currently logged on: 

Dim usr As Backend.User

usr = Session("DW_Admin_User")

  

 

The Backend.User object will give you the details, like username, userid etc.

  

To check for permissions, you can do like this:

 

'To check if a user has access to a surden module:

If Base.HasAccess("News", "") Then

 

End If

 

'To check if a user has access to a surden Category in a module:

If Base.HasAccess("NewsCategories", drNews("NewsCategoryID")) Then

 

End If

 

To get the second option to work you need to specify some information in module table of Database Dynamic.mdb. You have to specify ModuleDatabase, ModuleTable, ModuleFieldID and ModuleFieldName with some database information. After you do this, the usermodule gives you the possibility to control access to different categories/areas of a module.

 

Note: The first variable in has access is either the systemname (checking for general access) or the systemname postfixed with "Categories" when checking for a surden category/area.

Thank you for the information. Just want I needed, but is there no way arounds using session variables? Let's say a newer version with different session-names comes out, maintaining code with session variables will then become very difficult.

You could for instance implement a static method or property in Dynamicweb.Backend, Dynamicweb.Admin or Dynamicweb.Access called "currentUser" which denotes an AccessUser object containing the needed properties.

/H.

At the moment its not possible. But you are right.

We are in the middle of a process of making Dynamicweb a little more slick when it comes to that.