Returns true if the current user is in one of the roles linked to the specified function id, in the division.

Can be used by components to share data across instances in the same session, similar to the Session object for web pages, but it also works outside of web applications.

Example:

Dim env As Environment
                        Dim data As Object = env("MyComponent.MyData")
                        If IsNothing(data) Then
                        data = conn.Query(sql)
                        env("MyComponent.MyData") = data
                        End If

Returns a date and/or time formatted according to the user's date/time settings:

• DateTimeFormat.DateTime = Date + time
• DateTimeFormat.ShortDate = Date only
• DateTimeFormat.ShortTime = Time only
• DateTimeFormat.DateTimeSeconds = Date + time + seconds
• DateTimeFormat.DateTimeMilliseconds = Date + time + seconds + milliseconds

Formats a number to a specified number of significant digits

FormatNumber(0.001234, 3) -> "0,001"
FormatNumberSignificant(0.01234, 3) -> "0,0123"

Formats a TimeSpan value according to the current user's time settings, with the following time options:

• TimeFormat.NoSeconds
• TimeFormat.Seconds
• TimeFormat.Milliseconds

Used to initialize an environment from a web page, or from a background process.

• Web pages should never create an Environment object themselves, this is automatically handled by the base page class.
• Most background processes can simply do "env = New Environment", without any parameters, to create their Environment object

Parses a date/and or time string, and returns a result that includes the date/time parts specified in the passed DateFormat. Example:

ParseDateTime('19-5-2003 11:23:34', DateTimeFormat.ShortDate)

returns the date "19-5-2003" (as a Date object), without the time.

Indicates in what kind of portal the current user currently is:

• PortalType.Public
• PortalType.Customer
• PortalType.Reseller
• PortalType.Supplier
• PortalType.Employee

Rounds a number to the specified precision, according to the specified rounding method:

• RoundingMethod.None (uses the rounding method specified for this database, with a default of RoundingMethod.bankers)
• RoundingMethod.Bankers. Rounds to the nearest number, with 5 values rounded up or down, depending on the preceding digit.
• RoundingMethod.Arithmetic. Rounds to the nearest number, with 5 values rounded up.
• RoundingMethod.Up. Always rounds up.
• RoundingMethod.Down. Always rounds down.

A non-integer precision can be supplied to round to non-multiples of 10. For example, to round to 0.05 (5 "cent"), a precision of 1.301 (-Math.Log10(0.05)) can be supplied.

Reads or writes a general or user settings. The SettingType argument must be one of the following values:

• SettingType.General
• SettingType.User
• SettingType.Exact (backoffice settings)

For division-specific settings, the property DivisionSetting should be used.

Indicates how the current user is identified with his login name:

• UID.Anonymous (not logged in, on public web site)
• UID.Customer (logged with customer code)
• UID.Resource (logged in with personal user name)

One of the values of the UserType enum: Resource, Partner, Customer, or Anonymous.

This property should be used, instead on checks on specific security levels to determine the type of the current user.