SecurityProperty Object

The SecurityProperty object is used to determine the current object's caller or creator.

Remarks

To use the SecurityProperty object, you must set a reference to Microsoft Transaction Server Type Library (mtxas.dll).

You obtain a reference to an object's SecurityProperty object by calling Security on the object's ObjectContext. For example:

Set secObject = ctxObject.Security

The SecurityProperty object provides the following methods.

Method Description
GetDirectCallerName Retrieves the user name associated with the external process that called the currently executing method.
GetDirectCreatorName Retrieves the user name associated with the external process that directly created the current object.
GetOriginalCallerName Retrieves the user name associated with the base process that initiated the call sequence from which the current method was called.
GetOriginalCreatorName Retrieves the user name associated with the base process that initiated the activity in which the current object is executing.

See Also

Programmatic Security, Advanced Security Methods, ObjectContext Object


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