Build an application to facilitate creating new users

This application is created as an Application Rule that uses three new Batch Admin Scripts - VAR, ASSIGN and REPEAT

The Setup

Step 1

Inside the  folder create a new folder called

Inside that folder, create two documents

The contents of these two scripts are listed below.

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Step 2

Create a conference called  and set the permissions to

Step 3

Within the rules folder, upload New User Forms.rez (This is a settings file with two forms - 1700 and 1701)

Step 4

Create an Application Rule as follows:

Step 5

Adjust the Toolbar of the conference to remove all extra buttons an1d show only the relevant ones including the new toolbar button

Step 7 - Edit the two script documents

NewUser Script

Edit the two script documents with the following text.

Note:  This script uses the VAR and ASSIGN commands that assign values to a variable.  This is required because if the user does not enter any value into a field, the Server does not know that it exists.  Thus we check to see if any information has been entered into the field by checking if it exists.  If it doesn't, then it ASSIGNs it the value of the variable 'Empty' which has been defined as a null string by virtue of the VAR Empty command.

Simmilarly, VAR CLS=1 assigns the value of 1 to the CLS variable and that is the default for the Class field.  Even though the Class field (#1223) may appear that it has been assigned the 'Regular' Class, unless the user has specifically selected it, FirstClass does not recognize default values.

//---------- Start Script Here

ENABLEFIELDSUBSTITUTION

// Reply back to the conference with the status of the script execution

Reply "#1202 #1204 User Creation Status" "Create User" +s

// Declare a string variable that defaults to an empty String

VAR Empty

// Declare a variable that will be the default Class if the field is not touched; 1 is a Regulare User

VAR CLS = 1

// Now check every String Field on the form to see if any data has been entered.  If not, assign it the Empty string variable

If Field 1202 MISSING

Assign Empty FIELD 1202 0

EndIF

If Field 1203 MISSING

Assign Empty FIELD 1203 0

EndIF

If Field 1217 MISSING

Assign Empty FIELD 1217 0

EndIF

If Field 1205 MISSING

Assign Empty FIELD 1205 0

EndIF

If Field 1206 MISSING

Assign Empty FIELD 1206 0

EndIF

If Field 1207 MISSING

Assign Empty FIELD 1207 0

EndIF

// Check to see if the Class field has been touched.  If not, assign it the default class

IF Field 1223 MISSING

Assign CLS FIELD 1223 7

ENDIF

// Create the user - This uses the script

// ADD class userID first i last dept pw postaddr phone1 phone2

// With Field Substitution, the information is replaced with values from the fields

// Checks first to see if the user is a Remote or Regular user

IF FIELD 1223 == 5

ADD Telecom "#1201" "#1202" "#1203" "#1204" "" "#1217" "#1205" "#1206" "#1207"

ELSE

ADD Network "#1201" "#1202" "#1203" "#1204" "" "#1217" "#1205" "#1206" "#1207"

ENDIF

// Now run a second script that will loop through the groups duplication group and add them

Execute Script path desktop admin "FirstClass Applications:NewUser Scripts:ADDGroups"

//---------- End Script Here

ADDGroups Script

Note: This script uses the new REPEAT command that will repeat for the number of rows in a Duplication group.

// ------------ Start Script Here

ENABLEFIELDSUBSTITUTION

// Repeat through the Duplication group adding the group to the user

// This uses the script PGADD <userID> <GrpName>

PGADD '#1201' '#1000.-1'

REPEAT FIELD 1000.-1

// End Script Here