[Tickets #5455] Obscure error messages for violation of export restriction

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=5455
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 Ticket             | 5455
 Created By         | Otto.Stolz at uni-konstanz.de
 Summary            | Obscure error messages for violation of export  restriction
 Queue              | Turba
 Version            | 2.1.3
 Type               | Enhancement
 State              | New
 Priority           | 2. Medium
 Owners             | 
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Otto.Stolz at uni-konstanz.de (2007-06-13 03:53) wrote:

$cfgSources['localldap'] = array(
    'title' => _("E-Mail directory Uni Konstanz"),
...
    'export' => false,
    'browse' => false
);
Permissions set for 'localldap':
  Array ( [type] => matrix.  [default] => 6 )
  Array ( )

Now, when a user performs a search against localldap, and then tries to
copy into his personal adressbook some contacts found therein,  then the
error message given  is: "Failed to find object to be added: No results" ,
which is perfectly obscure.

Likewise, when trying to export contacts from that search result, the user
gets the message: "There were no addresses to export.".

When the user, however, tries to add a contact from that search result to
a contact list in his personal addressbook, he will be told: "Successfully
added 1 contact(s) to list." -- in spite of  that contact not being added
to the contact list (cf. Ticket #4915).

Please make the following enhancements:

- In the display of the search results from an export-restricted
addressbook, do not provide the "Export" menu item.

- Decide, whether " 'export' => false"  also excludes copying to another
addressbook, or whether a particular option should be provided for
restricting copying.

- In the display of the search results from a copy-restricted addressbook,
do not provide the "Copy", and "Add"  menu items. (If "'export' => false"
covers copying, then, of course, this suggestion applies to search results
from an export-restricted addressbook.)

- If the above enhancements are not feasable, then, at the very least,
provide a specific error message for these cases, such as: "No objects may
be exported from this adressbook."