System Administration
See also: designer authorizations
Access to
system administration functions is controlled by the DESIGNER_SYSADMIN security
authorization. Currently the available functions include display and maintenance
of designer and runtime locks, and editing of system texts. Further
administration functions will be added in the future.
Each time a designer opens an Ebase element, the system takes out a lock. These locks can be viewed and removed using this function. The DESIGNER_SYSADMIN/ALL - READ authorization allows users to display locks; the DESIGNER_SYSADMIN/ALL - WRITE authorization is required to remove a lock.
Caution: removing locks can affect system
integrity.
Runtime
locks are taken out each time a lock script command is executed.
Normally, the lock will be removed by a corresponding unlock command.
These locks can be viewed and removed using this function. The
DESIGNER_SYSADMIN/ALL - READ authorization allows users to display locks; the
DESIGNER_SYSADMIN/ALL
- WRITE authorization is required to remove a lock.
Caution: removing locks can affect system
integrity.
The system contains
a number of texts which are displayed to users and are used by all forms. These
include, for example, JavaScript popup error messages, mouseover messages,
save/restore messages etc. These system texts are multi-lingual in the same way
as form texts. The system texts can be edited using the system texts editor
which is available from the Tools menu. All users are allowed to display
system texts, but only users with the DESIGNER_SYSADMIN/ALL - WRITE
authorization can perform updates.