gpwOpen (Function)

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gpwOpen (Function)

In french: gpwOuvre

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Opens the User Groupware login window or page.

Remark: This function is required only if the User Groupware was integrated with the "Manual run" option. If the option "Automatic start" has been selected, this function is ignored.

Example

// Opens the User Groupware login window
nRes is int = gpwOpen("c:\GpwUser")
// If the login failed
IF nRes <> gpwOk THEN
SWITCH nRes
CASE gpwCancel: Info("The Cancel button was clicked.")
CASE gpwError: Error("Error while initializing the groupware.")
CASE gpwUnknownUser: Error("Unknown user.")
CASE gpwInvalidPassword: Error("Invalid password")
END
EndProgram()
END
// Retrieve the user's first name
FirstName is string = gpwGetUserInfo(gpwInfoFirstName)
Info("Welcome" + FirstName)

Syntax

Syntax of the new User Groupware Hide the details

<Result> = gpwOpen([<Directory of groupware files>])

<Result>: Integer constant

Result regarding the opening of login window/page.
gpwCancel The user clicked the "Cancel" button in the Groupware login window.
gpwError An error occurred. For more details, use ErrorInfo.
gpwInvalidPassword The password is not valid. It does not correspond to the user password described in the groupware database.
gpwOk The user is connected.
gpwUnknownUser The user is not listed in the User Groupware database.

<Directory of groupware files>: Optional character string

These data files are used to manage the users and their rights. By default, these data files are created in a subdirectory of your project (EXE\GPW_<Project name> directory).
By default, these data files are created on the server in a subdirectory of your database: directory .\GPW_<Project name>.

If this parameter corresponds to an empty string ("") or if it is not specified, the default directory of the user groupware will be used.
If this parameter corresponds to a dot ("."), the data files of user groupware will be created on the server at the root of database.

Syntax of the former User Groupware (kept for backward compatibility) Hide the details

<Result> = gpwOpen([<Directory of rights file> [, <User files directory>]])

<Result>: Integer constant

Result regarding the opening of login window/page.
gpwCancel The user clicked the "Cancel" button in the Groupware login window.
gpwError An error occurred. For more details, use ErrorInfo.
gpwInvalidPassword The password is not valid. It does not correspond to the user password described in the groupware database.
gpwOk The user is connected.
gpwUnknownUser The user is not listed in the User Groupware database.

<Directory of rights file>: Optional character string

These data files are used to manage the rights granted to the users for the different windows of the application. These files are specific to the application. By default, these data files are created in a subdirectory of your project (EXE\GPW_<Project name> directory).
By default, these data files are created on the server in a subdirectory of your database: directory .\GPW_<Project name>.

If this parameter corresponds to an empty string ("") or if it is not specified, the default directory of the user groupware will be used.
If this parameter corresponds to a dot ("."), the data files of user groupware will be created on the server at the root of database.

<User files directory>: Optional character string

These data files can be common to several applications. By default, these data files are created in a subdirectory of your project (EXE\GPW_<Project name> directory). You can define the location of the User Groupware files common to several applications. In this case, you must specify the path of data files to use.
By default, these data files are created on the server in a subdirectory of your database: directory .\GPW_<Project name>.

If this parameter corresponds to an empty string ("") or if it is not specified, the default directory of the user groupware will be used.
If this parameter corresponds to a dot ("."), the data files of user groupware will be created on the server at the root of database.

Remarks

How to use gpwOpen?

gpwOpen allows you to define the User Groupware startup mode. This allows you to perform other actions before opening the User Groupware login window or page: execute code, open windows or pages, etc.

Usage example of this function: in a multilingual application that uses the User Groupware, the first window or page of the application is used to choose the runtime language. When creating the application, you must:

choose not to automatically run the User Groupware during its integration
open the window or page for language selection as first application window, then call the login window or page with gpwOpen.

Pre-launched sessions

If your project uses pre-launched sessions, this function must not be used in the project initialization event. This function must be used in the "Initializing the project after connection to the site" event.

Business / UI classification: Neutral code

Component: wd280gpu.dll