LongRange Developer Forum

Hi All,

I would like to know how you feel about having a SignOn screen requesting username and password every time one uses LongRange on a mobile device.
At the moment, these details are pre-configured with the option of changing pre-defined profiles.
We all know how annoying it is having to put our logon details every time but I think I can see some scenarios where it could be useful.
a) As weird as it may seem but one company could have only a few iPads that employees could share;
b) Someone loosing his or her mobile device. We know that many people don't lock their devices and even if they do there are "ways" to get around that;
If the first situation is problematic because one user could be impersonating someone else, the second is an open door to company private data.

I think this could be as simple as a check-box on the profile like "request user details every time" or something on those lines.

I look forward for your opinions.
TIA

César Rafael

Sounds good. I would not bother writing it though - it's coming built into the shipped LRNG_PROJ library template RPG code (and the RDMLX equivalent) very soon. This will mean that it is fully customizable by each site. We will post the code as soon as it's ready, If you look at the CheckAppAvailability/CHECKAVAIL function already shipped in source file QRPGLESRC in library LRNG_PROJ you can see where and how this will be plugged in (it's just another not available condition - you have not signed on yet). Getting users to log off shared devices without driving them crazy with having to log on again and again is a problem as old as time - just watch service people in department stores with cash registers - they spend half their life swiping or scanning their ID badges. This also means that you can use a degfault user (QUSER or the default user LRNGUSER) on the client to start up and then force them to log on as a real IBM i server.