hasRole() not working in component script

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Hi,

I am trying to use the following script snippet in a visionWindowOpened script:

if hasRole(“Supervisor”):
system.gui.messageBox(“True”,“Alert”)
else:
system.gui.messageBox(“False”,“Alert”)

It does not seem to do anything. If I replace the ‘hasRole(“Supervisor”)’ with ‘True’ or ‘False’, the script executes properly. It appears that hasRole(“Supervisor”) is not evaluating. Thoughts?

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hasRole() is an expression function and you’re trying to use it in scripting - a very common mistake.

Try using system.user.getUser() to get the User, then getting the roles from the User object and seeing if “Supervisor” is one of them.

support.inductiveautomation.com … etuser.htm

3

Thanks. I actually found this to be easier:

if “Supervisor” in system.security.getRoles():
doSomething
else:
doSomethingElse

It seems to work, do you see any issues with this approach?

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[quote=“qversa”]Thanks. I actually found this to be easier:

if “Supervisor” in system.security.getRoles():
doSomething
else:
doSomethingElse

It seems to work, do you see any issues with this approach?[/quote]

That seems like a better way to do it :thumb_right: