User authorization

FORMS has user authorization that requires the user to supply a user name and password when starting any module. User authorization is disabled by default.

See Defining a new user for the procedure to define user names and passwords.

To enable or disable user authorization

  1. Using the Manager, select Settings ð User authorization.

  2. In the User authorization dialog, choose which modules should require the user to login.

What the user authorization system does

When user authorization is disabled for a module, any person who has read access to the FORMS program can start the module. The user will have full administrator rights to the module.

When user authorization is enabled for a module, a user who starts the module must enter a user name and password. If the wrong user name or password is entered, the module is closed.

When user authorization is enabled, the program keeps track of the user who most recently changed each form. To obtain this information as output, the #UserName field must be included in the form definition’s transaction description. (How?) The Format for #UserName is X and the maximum name length is 12 characters.

When users forget their passwords

Delete the user, and add the user again with a new password.

License manager for network installations

Defining a new user

User authorization