The User type allows selecting a user on the form in Web Application.
In Web Application, a User field looks as shown in Fig. 1, which features an editing form of a property.
Fig. 1. User field in Web Application (editing form)
In Web Application, a User field looks as shown in Fig. 2, which features a view form of a property. When you click on a user name on the view form in Web Application, the user profile dialog box opens.
Fig. 2. User field in Web Application (view form)
User type settings in ELMA Designer
When you select User in the Type *field, additional fields appear on the Common and Advanced tabs apart from the basic fields.
Advanced tab
Fig. 3 shows the additional fields that appear if the User type is selected on the Advanced tab.
Fig. 3. Advanced tab
Selecting users – if you check the box Limit User Selection List, the list of users available for selecting in Web Application will be limited by the user groups and/or job positions, specified on the user selection form, and by a context variable (fig. 4).
Fig. 4. Limiting the user selection list
Locked users (fig. 3, at the top) – if this box is checked, it will be possible to selectlocked users in Web Application. By default, it is unchecked.
Handlers (fig. 3, at the bottom) – possibility to add a script for this property, which will be executed upon a certain event in the system, e.g. when creating or changing an object. When you click Add handler, the Adding property handler dialog box opens (fig. 5).
Fig. 5 User type property settings. Adding a property handler
Author – when creating an object in Web Application, this field will be automatically filled in with the object author.
Last Modified by – when creating an object in Web Application, this field will be automatically filled in with the author of the last changes in the object.
