topic Re: FV 3.0 and Login in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

FV 3.0 and Login

JeffreyUtter — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:13:21 GMT

It says for FV 3.0 "Support secure ArcGIS Server where users will automatically be prompted to log in as needed."
Can someone direct me on the How to's to implement this?
Thanks.

Re: FV 3.0 and Login

BjornSvensson — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:04:12 GMT

It says for FV 3.0 "Support secure ArcGIS Server where users will automatically be prompted to log in as needed."
Can someone direct me on the How to's to implement this?

If you are using the Viewer, there's nothing you have to do (except for using a secure Map Service).

If you are using the API, you need to enable the IdentityManager in your application.

IdentityManager.instance.enabled = true;

In the Flex Viewer, this is already done (in the main index.mxml).
If you are writing your own application, you have to add it yourself, see for example the "Edit secure service" sample:
http://resourcesbeta.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/samples/index.html#/Edit_secure_service/01nq00000074000000/

API Reference: http://resourcesbeta.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/IdentityManager.html

Re: FV 3.0 and Login

JosephAccardi — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:37:14 GMT

If you are using the Viewer, there's nothing you have to do (except for using a secure Map Service).

I am creating a web application using FV 3.0 and my app contains multiple secured map services. How can I create a log-in so that a user only has to log-in once and does not have to provide a user name and password for every secured service that he/she has permission to?

Re: FV 3.0 and Login

BjornSvensson — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:40:23 GMT

I am creating a web application using FV 3.0 and my app contains multiple secured map services. How can I create a log-in so that a user only has to log-in once and does not have to provide a user name and password for every secured service that he/she has permission to?

As long as the multiple secured map services are on the same secured map server, then it will just work. The credentials from the first service are re-used for the other services.

Re: FV 3.0 and Login

PanWang — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:32:19 GMT

As long as the multiple secured map services are on the same secured map server, then it will just work. The credentials from the first service are re-used for the other services.

Hi Bjorn,

I tried using multiple secured map services on one map server, but it did not work as you said. The log-in dialog pops up repeatedly for each service on the map server. Here is my original post http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/59106-Flex-Viewer-3.0-Secured-Service-using-IdentityManager. Thanks!

Re: FV 3.0 and Login

SimonRoss_User — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:47:20 GMT

bjorn;187693 wrote:
If you are using the Viewer, there's nothing you have to do (except for using a secure Map Service).

If you are using the API, you need to enable the IdentityManager in your application.

IdentityManager.instance.enabled = true;

In the Flex Viewer, this is already done (in the main index.mxml).

Is there a way to disable the credentials request built into the flex viewer - I can see the references in ViewerContainer.mxml to IdentityManager.instance.enabled = true but cannot seem to turn off the request. Our current setup (in 2.5) is to place the secure service login credentials within the proxy page - we have a separate ASP forms control to access the application. I don't then want users to see a second password request. Is this a straightforward customization?