Focused message boxes in xTuple

If you’ve developed in xTuple, then you probably share this pain. Such a simple requirement, maybe something along the lines of “can you add field X to the sale order item screen?”. No problem, easy stuff. Then you run into what feels like a syntax error. Usually it’s a typo, am I right? You try to add a debugger line, but then you hit that modal screen and remember how hard it is to step through the sales order item screen.

There are lots of approaches at this point. One simple approach is to add a couple of message boxes to get an idea of what’s happening. You don’t want this message box popping up for others. Here is an easy way to make the message work only for your user.

var _currentuser;
var params = new Object();

var data = toolbox.executeQuery("select geteffectivextuser() as currentuser", params);

if (data.first()){
  _currentuser = data.value("currentuser");
}

...

if (_currentuser == 'szuke'){
  QMessageBox.critical(mywindow, qsTr("testing"), "set override");
}