How to integrate in PowerBuilder ?

To Integrate Visual Guard in your PowerBuilder application you have to:

• Add the library of Visual Guard in library list of your target.
• Add the Dll of Visual Guard runtime in your directory project
• Integrate Visual Guard in the code of your application.
• Create a Visual Guard repository and declare your application by using the Visual Guard console. This repository will contain all security items (users, roles, permissions …) of your application.
• Generate the Visual Guard configuration files
  by using the Visual Guard console. These configuration files will be needed to connect
  your application to the repository.
• Grant read/write permissions to the repository.

Add Visual Guard pbl files in your application

• Open the workspace of your project in PowerBuilder.
• In the solution explorer, expand the workspace node.
• Right-click the Target node for the workspace and select Properties? from the shortcut menu.
• In Library List tab, select the 2 libraries Novalys.visualguard.security.pbrt.pbl, Novalys.visualguard.security.pbrte.pbl .
• Click the OK button

• Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.pbrt.pbl contains the main Visual Guard classes. The contents of this PBL should not be modified by developers.
• Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.pbrte.pbl contains the classes needed to extend the functionality of Visual Guard.
• Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.pbrt.dll contains the base classes and SSO manager.

Generate your configuration file for connection to Visual Guard Repository

1. Using Visual Guard Server
2. Without Using Visual Guard Server (Using VGPBClient – Local system)

1) Using Visual Guard Server

[SECURITY]
VGServer=http://127.0.0.1:29000|http://127.0.0.1:29001
mergeRoles=Y
supportedAuthenticationModes=VG|AD|WBC
dynamicBrowser=Y
silentMode=Y
trace=Y

2) Without Using Visual Guard Server (Using VGPBClient – Local system)

[SECURITY]
VGServer=VGPBClient
TraceServeur=Y (or N, to delete or no files exchange with VGPBClient for tracing execution).

Note
The program VGPBClient.exe and it’s dependencies must be copied in the current directory of the secured PowerBuilder application. (Or in a path accessible by it). Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.dll Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.SQLServer.dll Or Novalys.VisualGuard.Security.Oracle.dll

Note
The VisualGuardConfiguration.config file of this program (VGPBClient) should be made correctly: Modify applicationId and connectionString with your values of application: applicationId=”7e6b1582-9229-451a-a615-22ec70933353″ connectionString=”server=YOURSERVERNAME\YOURSQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=visualguarddb;Trusted_Connection=True;”

Note
The exchange files between PowerBuilder application and VGPBClient are generated, by default, in the directory: C:\ProgramData\Novalys\VisualGuard\FileTrsf

Adding Visual Guard in your code

Declare the Security Manager

// Declare the security manager as global variable
vge_n_cst_vgmanager guo_vgmanager

Create the Security Manager

// Create the security manager
guo_vgmanager = CREATE vge_n_cst_vgmanager

Destroy the Security Manager

// Destroy the security manager
if IsValid(guo_vgmanager) then Destroy (guo_vgmanager)

Declare the Configuration file (and Trace file if use) of application

// Declare configuration file with your parameters to connect at Visual Guard Server
guo_vgmanager .of_setconfigfile ("myconfigfile.cfg")

// Declare the trace file if you use tracing action execution in your application
guo_vgmanager .of_settracefile ("mytracefile.log")

Authenticating a user with your own login window

// Authenticate a Visual Guard User and load the security data
if isvalid(guo_vgmanager) Then
    if guo_vgmanager.of_VerifyUser(VGlogin, VGpassword) > 0 Then
        Open(w_Main)
    Else
      Return
    End if
End if

// Authenticate a Windows User and load the security data
if isvalid(guo_vgmanager) Then
    if guo_vgmanager.of_VerifyUser() > 0 Then
        Open(w_Main)
    Else
        Return
    End if
End if

// Authenticate a Windows By Credential User and load the security data
if isvalid(guo_vgmanager) Then
    if guo_vgmanager.of_VerifyUser(VGlogin, VGpassword, vg_n_authenticationmode.windowsbycredential) > 0 Then
        Open(w_Main)
    Else
        Return
    End if
End if

This API allows you to:

• Check if that the Visual Guard account , the Windows account and Windows By Credential account exists
• Check if the user password if valid (Visual Guard account only)
• Check if the user has a valid profile on this application
• Load the application security related to the account profile

Secure Application Components

• CallingObject: The main object from which you apply the security, usually the Window
• CallingID: A string identifier to differentiate many calls from the same object
• Parameters: A string containing one or more parameters to send to the security manager

In general, this function is called in the open event of the ancestor window:

// Trigger the security in the open Event of the ancestor window
if isvalid(guo_vgmanager) Then
    guo_vgmanager.of_SetSecurity( this, "open", "")
End if

For the PFC, Add the following code:

// In the event ?w_master.pfc_preopen? in ?pfemain.pbl?:
if IsValid(guo_vgmanager) Then
    guo_vgmanager.of_SetSecurity ( this, "open", "")
End if

// In the event ?w_master.pfc_postopen? in ?pfemain.pbl?:
if IsValid(guo_vgmanager) Then
    guo_vgmanager.of_SetSecurity ( this, "postinit ", "")
End if

// In the event ?u_dw.Constructor? in ?pfemain.pbl?:
if IsValid(guo_vgmanager) Then
    guo_vgmanager.of_SetSecurity ( this, "constructor ", "")
End if