Web Application Security Functions

Description

Alpha Anywhere provides the following functions for working with web application security.

Name
Description
A5WS_Add_Group Function

Add a group to the list of security groups for the current project.

a5ws_ChangeLoggedInUserPassword Function

Web Security - Change a logged in user's password. This can only be run from the Application Server

A5WS_CreateSecurityFiles Function

Create Default Web Security Files for Web Project. Used in V8 Web Application Server and later

A5WS_Delete_Group Function

Delete a web security group in the current project. Group_value can be a group 'name' or a group 'guid'. Default for 'confirm_empty' is False. If True, the group will only be deleted if no users are assigned to group. 'Request' pointer must be provided if run in web page.

A5WS_Delete_User Function

Delete a web security user in the current project. User_value can be a user 'guid' or a user 'userid'. 'Request' pointer must be provided if run in web page.

A5WS_ExportUsers Function

Export selected records from the current project web users table to an external table

A5WS_Get_Group_Assignments Function

Return a CR-LF delimited list of users assigned to a particular group in the current project. FlagWeb default value is .F. FlagWeb = .T. will output list in a format used in web components for checkboxes, radio buttons, list boxes and dropdowns. 'Request' pointer must be provided if run in web page.

A5WS_Get_Groups Function

Show a CR-LF list of web groups for the current project. FlagWeb default value is .F. FlagWeb = .T. will output list in a format used in web components for checkboxes, radio buttons, list boxes and dropdowns. 'Request' pointer must be provided if run in web page.

A5WS_Get_GUID_From_Group Function

Returns a group GUID from a group name. 'Request' must be provided if run in web page.

A5WS_Get_GUID_From_Ulink Function

Returns a user GUID from a user ulink value if the ulink option is configured and a value is found. 'Request' is added automatically by the server when run from a web page.

A5WS_Get_GUID_From_User Function

Returns a user GUID from a userid.

A5WS_Get_LockedOutUsers Function

Returns a crlf() delimited list of userid's currently locked out by the web security. Returns blank if no one is locked out. If a format is specified, returns output in that format (U=userid,T=untiltime as character).

A5WS_Get_Page_List Function

Get a List of Pages Currently allowed by the Web Security settings. Use in Web Dialog component

A5WS_Get_Security_Ques Function

Get Web Security Questions in CR-LF list. Use in Web Dialog component.

A5WS_Get_Ulink_From_GUID Function

Returns a users 'ulink' value from a user_guid in the current project. If the user link field is not activated, an empty value is returned. 'Request' is added automatically by the server when run from a web page

A5WS_Get_User_Assignments Function

Return a CR-LF delimited list of groups assigned to a particular web security user in the current project. Accepts uservalue as 'ulink' or 'userid'

A5WS_Get_User_From_GUID Function

Returns a userid from a user_guid in the current project. 'Request' pointer must be provided if run in web page.

A5WS_Get_User_Values Function

This function is deprecated and this page will be removed in the near future. The function [A5WS_Get_WebUser_Values()] should be used instead.

A5WS_Get_Users Function

Show a CR-LF list of users for the current project. FlagWeb default value is .F. FlagWeb = .T. will output list in a format used in web components for checkboxes, radio buttons, list boxes and dropdowns. 'Request' pointer must be provided if run in web page.

A5WS_Get_WebUser_Values Function

Return values from web user table as 'CurrentForm.Controls.<fieldname>.value' for each field in table. 'UserValue' overrides values passed by the request system variable. Accepts user identification as 'UserValue.guid','UserValue.userid' or 'UserValue.ulink'.

A5ws_GetCurrentUser Function

Get the 'UserName (UserId) of the current logged in user.

a5ws_GetGroupsDialog Function

Returns a list of security groups defined for the current web project. Used in UX server-side events

a5ws_getUserValuesActiveDirectory Function

Get the Active Directory properties for a user. Alpha Anywhere must be configured to use active directory.

A5WS_Login_User Function

Log in user on a web page using supplied values. Returns <pointer>.error, <pointer>.RedirectURL. If error = .F. , RedirectURL will contain the target page. If error = .T., it will return the login redirect page.

A5WS_LogoutUser Function

Log out the current user and remove the remember me cookie. This can only be used on a web page.

A5WS_OpenWebSecurity Function

Display the Web Security options available for this project

A5WS_PageSecurity Function

Assign security permissions for web pages

a5ws_RevalidatePassword Function

Web Security - Verify the currently logged in user's password ONLY. This can only be run from the Application Server

A5WS_Save_User_Values Function

This function is deprecated after Alpha Five Version 9. The function A5WS_Save_WebUser_Values() should be used instead.

A5WS_Save_WebUser_Values Function

The CurrentForm variable, a system variable that refers to the contents of the dialog component.

A5WS_SecurityActive Function

Determine if web security is active. Used only in web pages and components

A5WS_SecurityQues Function

Deprecated - use a5ws_SecurityQuestions()

A5WS_SecurityQuestions Function

Web Security - Enter / Edit the list of security questions used for user validation

A5WS_SecuritySettings Function

Enter / Edit web security properties for current project

A5WS_User_File_Field_List Function

Retrieve a list of active fields in CR-LF list for web user table in the current project. Format - n - fieldnames, t - simple field type, w - field width.

A5WS_User_Groups_Dialog Function

Displays the add user and groups dialog for the current Web project

A5WS_Validate_WebUser_Values Function

Validate values only in the 'CurrentForm' controls that match fields in the user table for the current project. a5ws_Validate_WebUser_Values.errors = .F. if validated 'UserValue' overrides values passed by the request system variable. Accepts values as 'UserValue.Email', 'UserValue.Ulink', etc

A5WS_WebUser_Exists Function

Will return .T. if a user with this userid exists in the Web Security