Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Administration

Security menu

The Security menu contains a single function, Security Control. You use this function for adding basic security and for creating security restrictions on virtually any object that requires security in an application.

This manual covers only basic security, including the following functions in the Security Control:

Security Maintenance — Sets global security and functional options for your Progress Dynamics installation.
Login Companies — Defines organizations (login companies) that you can use to group users and application functionality, perhaps based on a company product line or a group expertise.
Groups — Defines users, their login names, passwords, privileges, and all the other criteria used to authenticate users so they can login and work with the appropriate application function.
User Categories — Defines categories of users irrespective of location or affiliation, perhaps as a means to distinguish, for example, novice from expert users.
Users — Defines users, their login names, passwords, privileges, and all the other criteria used to authenticate users so they can login and work with the appropriate application functions.

For more information on using these security functions, see Chapter 3, " Setting Up Basic Security Options." For more information on advanced security options, including the remaining functions on the Security Control window, see OpenEdge Development: Progress Dynamics Basic Development .