Read or change Custom Forum Permission

[TitanKing]

Well after a HELL of a strugle I figured this out, im sure itl help many more writing or trying to write a mod...

You can also change permission with this simple script...

First you need this set of Functions:


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Now lets see what permission a specific user has with this :



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You will get a return Value of say : 917503, this is actually a bitfield that when converted to Binary you get a bunch of switches 110111111111111111111, which controlls the permission of the Forum...

Now lets continue... things will start to make sense now...



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Notice the bits at next to each setting, this is the actual bit you will use with the defined variables in the function above, say you need to know if a specific user has "can_upload_attachments" permission for say ForumID = 3, you will do the following :



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a Return value of 0 for false and 1 for true will be returned, the rest of the functions is to change permission the same way as above example...

An here is a little sample script how this can be used in practise...



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Cheers :squareeyed:

You may also need to know how to use the functions :



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[Psionic Vision]

Where exactly can I use this?
These functions are not defined in vBulletin. Also, why would you want to create a new set of bitfields for forum permissions if vBulletin already has its own set?