Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Basic Development

Defining Progress Dynamics Application Security

This chapter covers applying security to application components, such as windows, menu items, folder tabs, database tables, individual records, or ranges of data. Progress Dynamics provides comprehensive support for defining and maintaining users and their passwords. The framework also supports applying access rights to your application based on user ID, on group membership, or on the login company (or equivalent organizational entity).

This chapter includes the following sections:

Introduction
Using security documentation
Using the Security Control tool
Menu security
Menu item security
Container security
Action security
Field security
Data range security
Data security
Login company security
Searching with the Security Enquiry tool