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Toolbars in SLX 7.0
Posted: 06 Mar 07 9:23 AM
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fiogf49gjkf0d I have a SLX 6.2.3 database that I want to upgrade to 7.0, but I am stuck with what to do with the toolbars. This particular database has many custom toolbars that are released to different teams and/or users. When I upgrade the database, they all appear one above the other. In 6.2.3 I could set them up so they were all on the same line. It appears I cannot do that in 7.0. I could create one standard toolbar for each possible combination, but then when the Admin logs on, all of the toolbars appear. Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks. |
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Re: Toolbars in SLX 7.0
Posted: 06 Mar 07 10:55 AM
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fiogf49gjkf0d Toolbars now act more like a plugin, you can create each one as it's own and release them to which ever users you need to. Only as the admin do you get stuck seeing all the released Nav and Toolbars.
Has been working like a charm, currently I have created 4 different Nav and toolbars for different teams and functionality.
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Re: Toolbars in SLX 7.0
Posted: 06 Mar 07 11:04 AM
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fiogf49gjkf0d That would probably work for four, but I have 8, and several permutations of those 8. Some of the users can have 3 or 4 of the toolbars. When you log in as Admin, you can't see anything but toolbars. Director of IT wants us to upgrade, and is not happy. He's starting to talk about Salesforce.com, so I need to figure something out here. |
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Re: Toolbars in SLX 7.0
Posted: 06 Mar 07 11:09 AM
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fiogf49gjkf0d Well changing to Salesforce is another items, I don't think that seeing toolbars as the admin is the reason you'd take the financial hit to change to SF. anyway....
The Admin shouldn't really be using the client as the admin.. the Admin should have an id with permissions as the admin.. the admin user should just really be used for the Administrator. that is the intention of the user. Even though many of us all sign into the client as the admin
So I'd give your boss his own Id with Admin security features and permission him/her to the Bars and Menus they like |
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Re: Toolbars in SLX 7.0
Posted: 06 Mar 07 1:01 PM
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fiogf49gjkf0d It's not just one person though, and not just the Admin. That's just the most extreme example. Say there are only 4 toolbars called A, B, C, and D. I need to create those four, plus AB, AC, AD, AE, ABC, ABD, ACD, BCD, BC, BD, BCD, CD, ABCD combined toolbars (17 toolbars in all) so I could just release one to each user or team as the case may be. Then If menu A changes, I have to make changes to 8 different toolbars. When you extend this to 8 toolbars, I would have to create over 1,000 toolbars, and if 1 changed I would have to change hundreds. Granted, we do not use all of the permutations, but managing this becomes a nightmare. We do have the developers log in now as Admin, but could easily give them an Id. There has to be a better way of doing this that does not involve me telling the IT director that we can never upgrade again. I'm thinking about giving everyone access to all toolbars, then writing scripts to check their userid against what they should have access to, but that is a very messy way of doing this. Does anyone know if I could make my own toolbar control using .NET extensions? I have never used them before, but it may be worth looking into. |
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Re: Toolbars in SLX 7.0
Posted: 07 Mar 07 7:41 AM
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fiogf49gjkf0d Maybe I don't understand exactly what the problem is, but you can hook all your toolbar items into secfunctions, which you can now manage in the architect. You can then use the function security tab in administrator to give access to the items in the toolbars to individuals. No need to create 1000 different toolbars. |
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Re: Toolbars in SLX 7.0
Posted: 07 Mar 07 8:53 AM
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fiogf49gjkf0d That may be what I am missing. I did not know you could hook into secfuntions. Now I just need to figure out how to do that. Guess I should read the manual. Thanks Doug. |
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Re: Toolbars in SLX 7.0
Posted: 22 Jan 08 5:44 AM
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I have had the same issue when upgrading a 6.1 database to 7.0.1 HF8 each customised toolbar plugin appears in the client on a seperate line, rather than all on the same line, as it was in 6.1.
For example in v6.1 the toolbars appear as:
[Standard SLX toolbar][Customised Toolbar 1][Customised Toolbar 2][Customised Toolbar n]
Whereas in v7 they appear as:
[Standard SLX toolbar][Customised Toolbar 1]
[Customised Toolbar 2]
[Customised Toolbar n]
If I create a set of toolbars each with two children from scratch in v7 then the toolbars all appear on a single line (even then they do not appear on the same line as the Standard Toolbar):
[Standard SLX toolbar]
[Customised Toolbar 1][Customised Toolbar 2][Customised Toolbar n]
In each instance, the customised toolbar plugins are created with the Toolbar property set to "Standard Toolbar".
I guess I'm going to have to recreate the toolbars in v7 to try and get them to appear on the same line... |
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