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Hiding webparts in wss sites

Asked By: Krysta Stark Date: Apr 01, 2010 Category: Sharepoint Views: 228

I wanted to know if there is any mechanism available in wss through
which i can restrict a webpart to a group of users in wss site i.e. the
users who do not have access to that webpart should not even see it in
their preview of their site. I tried creating a site group and added
members to it and gave the permissions on the webpart. But, other
members who are not part of my site group are also able to see the
webpart, although they are getting access denied when they are trying
to edit it.

Tagged:hiding webparts in wss sites

2 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Edgardo Atkins Answered On: Apr 01, 2010

There is no built-in security model in WSS to support this. You would need to
code the individual web parts themselves to do so.

Answer #2 Answered By: Kamal Mayachari Answered On: Apr 01, 2010

The only way I've found to do this is through custom programming. You can use
the PreRender event handler to set the frame to "None", set the order to the
bottom of the page (e.g. 99), and add conditional logic in the RenderWebPart
method to only write the contents if the user is authorized.

I've used a routine to check the user's AD group membership to display the web
part, but you could also check their site-group membership.

One Note: in my experience, neither the Visible or IsVisible properties are
reliable ways to make a web part disappear, hence the use of the frame (?)
property in the PreRender event handler.

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