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johnr
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16 Jul 2008 10:56 PM  
Is there a token that will allow me to determine if a user has the Subscriber role? Maybe something like this:  [ Membership: IsSubscriber ]  ??

I was thinking of doing something like this:

if ( user is not a subscriber ) {
   embed movie 1
} else {
   embed movie2
}

any ideas would be great.  Thanks.
 
jncraig
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17 Jul 2008 8:31 AM  
Do you want to do this in a Text/HTML module, a module's code, or in your skin?

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17 Jul 2008 8:33 AM  
For Text/HTML usage, look at Token Replacement in DotNetNuke for ideas and for a list of tokens.
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17 Jul 2008 8:34 AM  
Oh ... for ideas, if you want to embed the movie in a Text/HTML file, you can actually use two modules. Put the one for subscribers in one module, and put the one for non-subscribers in another module. Then set the view permissions for those modules to the correct roles.
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17 Jul 2008 11:06 AM  

I am having trouble with the two module solution because subscribers are also registered users.  So, both modules show up and thus both movies display for subscribers.  The non-premium movie should not display for subscribers.

This is why I thought I could use a bit of javascript in a txt/html module. Currently within a txt/html module I am passing some variables to my flash movie.

embed src="/Portals/0/movie.swf?var1=ch01&var2=2&var3=[User:FirstName]


I would like to be able to send the flash movie a tag that indicated if the user is a subscriber from an txt/html module.  This is where I am a bit stuck.

var4= [subscriber or not??]
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17 Jul 2008 7:57 PM  
If you can't solve the problem using the tools that are available, you can probably put together a small module that would do this.  By doing this in a module, you'll have access to security roles and could construct what you need.

Attached is a zip file that I threw together as an example, but it's based on something that actually works.  In this case, the game file changes daily and has the date encoded into it.

The file is Gameyymdd.ext, and the codebehind for this module shows how to construct the filename and get it into the right place.

You could use a similar technique to determine the user's security roles, and thereby determine which movie to show ...

If you aren't a programmer, you might want to show this to someone who is.  They should be able to create what you need from this example in a couple of hours ...

Attachment: 1717573424971.zip
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18 Jul 2008 2:57 PM  

ok... at first I was a bit intimidated by the prospect of making a module!  Geez... it is "SuperSimple" to do that.  Thank you for the files to look at... I was able to do what you suggested and here is the code:

public string title{
   get{
            return this.ModuleConfiguration.ModuleTitle;   }
}
public string status{
  get {
           return UserInfo.IsInRole("Subscribers").ToString();   }
}

I needed input from the module so I just grabbed it from the title which will be hidden anyway.  Then in the control:

<embed width="660" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="1" wmode="transparent" menu="true" loop="true" play="true" scale="ShowAll"     
      src="Portals/0/Algebra/movie.swf?var1=<%=title%>&var2=<%=status%>">
embed>


Now my movie has the title and subscriber status... I can redirect with the actionscript.  Issue is resolved... thank you very much    John
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19 Jul 2008 7:37 AM  
I'm glad that was useful.

If you "module" doesn't do any data access, the code if really simple. I tend to call these modulettes.
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