Adding a group

Once you have the name and description (optional) of the group, you add a new group in much the same way that you add any other object such as a report. The basic steps in creating a new object are:

• Retrieve the PluginManager and use it to retrieve the appropriate plugin. In this case, the plugin you want is the UserGroup plugin.
• Create a new, empty InfoObjects collection using InfoStore.NewInfoObjectCollection.
• Add the plugin to the collection. This creates a new InfoObject that represents a group.
• Set the properties for the new object.
• Commit the object to the APS using the InfoStore's Commit Method.

Example

var PluginMgr = IStore.PluginManager;

var UserGroupPlugin = PluginMgr.Plugininfo("CrystalEnterprise.UserGroup");

var NewInfoObjects  = IStore.NewInfoObjectCollection();

NewInfoObjects.Add (UserGroupPlugin);

var NewUserGroup = NewInfoObjects.Item(1);

NewUserGroup.Title = Name;

NewUserGroup.Description = Description;

IStore.Commit (NewInfoObjects);

Remarks

The UserGroup plugin is retrieved by passing the plugin's ProgID (CrystalEnterprise.UserGroup) to the PluginInfo property of the PluginManager. When setting the properties for the new group, a single method is used.

• When setting the account name, the Title property was used. The Title property is the name of the InfoObject. The Description property is also used. General InfoObject properties such as these can always be accessed directly. For a list of properties supported by the InfoObject, see InfoStore Object.