I'm no expert, but I don't know of one. I do know that there are times in W7 that I have to 'Run as Admin', even though I have Admin rights. Don't do enough of such stuff to remember the occasion.
Les On 9/16/2014 1:27 PM, Staffan Tylen wrote: > Rick, many thanks for this helpful information. > > Les, I'm on Windows 7 and wish to control (in a rexx program) if the > current user has admin authorities before I start fiddling with things that > only such users can do. Of course I could attempt something and if it fails > assume the user is not an admin, but I'm more looking for a standard > isAdmin() function or similar. > > Staffan > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Staffan Tylen <staffan.ty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Subclass vs Mixinclass: >>> >>> Is it correct to say that MIXINCLASS is a superset of SUBCLASS with the >>> added ability to use the class as an INHERIT class? If correct is there any >>> other difference one should be aware of? (I have two classes with SUBCLASS >>> currently specified that I want to INHERIT in another class and I therefore >>> wish to change SUBCLASS to MIXINCLASS in those classes, but am unsure of >>> any side effects.) >>> >> >> >> Yes, that is pretty much the difference. A mixinclass is in all respects >> a normal class, so making it a mixin will not change that function. >> However, you need to assess whether the class is really suitable for use >> as a mixin. To start with you need to be aware of the "baseclass" of the >> mixin, which will be the first non-mixin class in the inheritance chain. A >> class can only inherit mixins if it is also a subclass of the mixin >> baseclass. If your mixins are subclasses of object, for example, the mixin >> can be inherited by any class. But you cannot do something like create a >> mixing from array and another from directory and use that to try to create >> a class that inherits from those. >> >> If your mixin classes depend on init() method calls to be initialized >> correctly, you might also run into some issues because the inherit >> mechanism will change the superclass relationships used for method >> invocations. This might require some special coordination if you require >> arguments to be passed to the init methods. >> >> Rick >> >>> >>> User admin authority: >>> >>> I've searched but been unable to find a way to determine of the current >>> user has Windows administrator authority. Is this possible? >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> Staffan >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Want excitement? >>> Manually upgrade your production database. >>> When you want reliability, choose Perforce. >>> Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. >>> >>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Oorexx-users mailing list >>> Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Want excitement? >> Manually upgrade your production database. >> When you want reliability, choose Perforce. >> Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. >> >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-users mailing list >> Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want excitement? > Manually upgrade your production database. > When you want reliability, choose Perforce. > Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-users mailing list > Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Oorexx-users mailing list Oorexx-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-users
