Global Methods

The methods defined in the Global class are summarized in the following table.

Method	Description
alert	Plays a waveform sound
beep	Plays a waveform sound
getAndValidateUser	Gets and validates user codes and passwords
isUserValid	Validates the user code and password
isValidObject	Establishes if the object specified in the obj parameter exists
jadeReportWriterSystemName	Returns a string containing the name of the JADE system
lockExceptionHandler	Initiates the global lock exception handler to retry a lock operation