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06.26.2008 at 10:27PM PDT, ID: 23520673
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Allowing / Restricting access to MenuItems

Asked by Mr_Fulano in Microsoft Visual Basic.Net

Hi, I have a VB.NET 2005 application that has a Main Menu Tool Strip at the top. Depending on the type of user that logs in, the user will see (or not see) different menu items and sub items available. If you're an Administrator, you see everything. If you're a Basic user, you see only some sub-items.

For conservation sakes, lets say I have two levels of users (Admin and Basic). Currently I used the code below in a Subroutine, which I call from the main form's Load event. This works, but my question is the following....Is there a more elegant and effective way to do this?

Ideally, if I had a list, where I could add the menu items that each user could see, that might be more effective...I think. What are your suggestions?

Thanks,
Fulano
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Private Sub provideAccess()
        If g_strRights = "Admin" Then
            Item_1_ToolStripMenuItem.Visible = True
            Item_2_ToolStripMenuItem.Visible = True
        Else
            Item_1_ToolStripMenuItem.Visible = False
            Item_2_ToolStripMenuItem.Visible = False
        End If
    End Sub
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