Using the PSI to identify the list of projects

[boggyboy]

Is it possible to identify who is logged in and return return a list of the
projects which they are authorized. I need some kind of security for custom
web parts.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Stephen Sanderlin]

You need to impersonate the logged-in user and call ReadProjectStatus().
You can retrieve information on the logged-in user by using the
SharePoint object model.

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[boggyboy]

Thanks Stephen, I'll give that a try.

You need to impersonate the logged-in user and call ReadProjectStatus().
You can retrieve information on the logged-in user by using the
SharePoint object model.

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[boggyboy]

Stephen,

I understand what you mean for determining the logged in user. I don't
think the ReadProjectStatus method is what I want since it returns the status
of a single project. I'm looking for a list of projects which the logged in
user has access. Any ideas on how to approach that?

 

[Stephen Sanderlin]

You can use ReadProjectStatus to retrieve a list of all projects of a
particular type that a user has access to in a particular datastore by
passing in Guid.Empty to the projGuid parameter.

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[Stephen Sanderlin]

You'll also need to pass in String.Empty for the projName parameter.

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[boggyboy]

thanks again Stephen, sounds like a good approach to me! I'll give it a try.

 

[Stephen Sanderlin]

No problem. Let us know if you run into any issues!

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[boggyboy]

Stephen, Indeed that method does return the dataset that I want! thanks!

I'm having some trouble understanding how to impersonate a user and then
calling the ReadProjectStatus method. I'm looking at the sample apps in the
SDK at the moment but having some trouble understanding what is going on.
Are you aware of any simple examples that impersonate a user and then call a
PSI method??

Again.. you have been a tremendous help! thanks.

 

[Stephen Sanderlin]

You can take a look at
http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/arch...ct-server-2007-server-side-event-handler.aspx,
but I think that the simplest one is "Write a Simple Impersonation
Application" example located here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa974413.aspx.

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