Subj : Re: Small bug
To   : g00r00
From : Paul Hayton
Date : Thu Jan 05 2023 09:52 am

On 04 Jan 2023 at 03:03p, g00r00 pondered and said...
 
 g0> As far as it not updating the user field when you upgrade the user
 g0> security level, thats expected behavior.  Older versions would copy the
 g0> start menu from the security into the user record, but now it just pulls
 g0> the menu name directly from the security record.
 g0> 
 g0> The reason for the change is because if you wanted to change the start
 g0> menu for a security level in the past you'd have to then go into each
 g0> user's record and update their start menu field.  Now you can blank out
 g0> all of the user's start menu fields and let it pull the menu from the
 g0> system default or their security profile.  You'd only set the start menu
 g0> directly on the user's record if you really wanted them to have their
 g0> own custom start menu.
 g0> 
 g0> Hope I was able to explain that in a way that made sense lol.

I think I'll put up something in the FAQ about this as it seems to be something that folks may need some further education / awareness on.

Your explanation makes sense to me but for those of us using Mystic for a while I can see how what was a previously filled field now blank may be concerning.

What I think this will do is make folks more aware of the setup / settings in the defined security areas.

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