make a button for a cloned form appear on a user home page

[zuppo]

Hi,
I cloned a form 'contacts' as I wanted to hide som fields of this table for a certain user level. I run into some problems:
1. I do see the cloned form amongst the other forms when browsing the forms table, but I don't find copied objects in the objects table. Should I copy them one by one?
2. I tried to create a new button by cloning the original run object, but the button isn't showing. I had to create an ID for this button manually. So I guess this is not really the correct way of creating it?
3. If I would be able to create this button, how can I make it show up at the home page of a certain user-level? Is it possible to create a home page that is not showing all the buttons of the "fast forms"
Any help appreciated!

[zuppo]

Oups!
I see (using the 'Arrange Objects' option on the Fast Forms Home page' ) now that the cloned button is showing, but is being hidden behind the original one. Silly me!
So that 's one problem less, but still I'm wondering if it 's the normal procedure to register the id-field 'manually?

[Janusz]

Hi,
To clone the form with all objects you can use very good tool "cloner" from kev1n.
https://github.com/smalos/nuBuilder4-cloner
I was testing this and works really very well.
Otherwise you need to clone edit form objects manually.

to hide a button or any other object on the form you can use JS - for example:

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function getUser() {
   var nuUser = nuUserName();
   if (nuUser === null) { nuUser = "admin";}
   return nuUser;
}

>>>> the function getUser() - the best is to place it in header
>> and code belowe in JS custome code on the specific form

var usr=getUser();

if (!(usr=="admin" || usr=="Janusz"))
{nuHide('nuTab13');}

if (!(usr=="admin" || usr=="Janusz" || usr=="Renata"))
{nuHide('adm_links3');nuHide('adm_links4');}

But if you hide something with JS everyone knowing JS can make it visible - so depanding on case you need to protect additionaly data with php or with Access Level.
Regarding ID so for any object in nuBuilder you can assign any text_value - and the only condition is - it must be unique on the specific form (and not globally for objects)

[zuppo]

Thank you for your clear reponses. I had hoped that the different user group really could have their own home page 'out of the box'.
I will try your suggestions, though .. .
Grz!
Paul

[Janusz]

the starting page nuuserhome you can define as well depending on user or group - so to some extend you can get user specific starting page, you can hide tabs depanding on user - so practically it's not difficult to make it specific per user - but generally you create all options and hide them depanding on the user - at least what I am doing - but maybe there are other options which I do not know.

[zuppo]

Hi Janusz,
I would certainly be happy to know how I can do that. Is it een option to show only the 'Main' for instance? How can I do that?
I tried what you suggested in you first answer, that works. Glad that it does

[Janusz]

Just short movie from one DB how you can hide objects or organize DB. What is typed in the console you can place in the JS custom code depending on the user.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J359wZ ... sp=sharing
(if you want to have not to much blurry you need to download and play after)

[zuppo]

Finally I was able to solve it in the way I was hoping to do it. Maybe it will help other people struggling with this when posting my solution here ...

To make the table 'contacts' editable by a specific usergroup while only showing one button to that form, I
-Created a new launch form 'Aanmelder'
-Created a run button 'Aanmelders Home' pointing to that launchform (so that the admin can see and edit the launch form). Note that the ID on the RUN-tab must be set at -1
-Created a clone of the main 'Contacts' form '(contacten3) on the launch form 'Aanmelder'
-Created a run button showing on the Aanmelder launch form and pointing to that form
-Created a access level (test) adding the launch form and the contacten3 form

Thank you for pointing out the other 'hiding' possibility, Janusz. I got it to work and I 'm sure that it will certainly also prove to be useful in the future!

AanmeldersHome.PNG

AanmelderHomepage.PNG

Contactpersonen3Button.PNG

Acces level.PNG

Contectpersonen3.PNG

[apmuthu]

@Janusz: Your video link is unreachable now.