Monday, November 08, 2010 at 12:04 AM.

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system.verbs.builtins.mainResponder.members.getMembershipTable

on getMembershipTable (groupName) {
	<<Get the address of a membership group.
		<<groupName is either a string, the name of a membership group, or is an address pointing to a membership group. Most commonly it's a string.
		<<Changes:
			<<4/14/00; 8:46:55 PM by JES
				<<localized error message
			<<10/2/99; 6:32:05 PM by PBS
				<<Added support for addresses (and strings that can be coerced to addresses) in members.root. An address in members.root can point to a membership group stored anywhere.
			<<06/19/00; 10:45:11 AM by JES
				<<fixed bug when called outside the WSF context
			<<07/17/00; 1:02:28 PM by PBS
				<<Fixed a typo in the localization code -- missing parens after call to html.getPageTableAddress.
	
	on error () {
		<<4/14/00; 8:47:35 PM by JES: localized
		local (pta, tempTable); new (tableType, @tempTable);
		try {
			pta = html.getPageTableAddress (); //PBS 07/17/00: typo fixed -- parens were missing
			if defined (pta^.language) {
				tempTable.language = pta^.language}};
		if not defined (tempTable.language) { // outside wsf context, or no language defined for site
			if defined (config.mainResponder.globals.language) {
				tempTable.language = config.mainResponder.globals.language}
			else {
				if defined (user.prefs.language) {
					tempTable.language = user.prefs.language}
				else {
					tempTable.language = "English"}}};
		scriptError (mainResponder.getString ("members.membersAttributeError", pta: @tempTable))}; //PBS 10/2/99: error message reflects new support for addresses and strings
	
	case typeOf (groupName) {
		stringType {
			local (f = system.temp.mainResponder.membersRootFile);
			local (adrTable = @[f].[groupName]);
			if not defined (adrTable^) {
				error ()};
			
			case typeOf (adrTable^) { //PBS 10/2/99: handle tables, strings, and addresses
				tableType { //if it's a table, return the address of the table
					return (adrTable)};
				stringType; //strings are okay if they coerce to an address: this makes remote admin via WebEdit easier
				addressType { //an address must point to a table elsewhere
					adrTable = adrTable^; //de-reference to get the real address of the membership group
					if not defined (adrTable^) { //make sure the de-referenced group exists
						error ()};
					return (adrTable)}}
			else {
				error ()}};
		addressType {
			if not defined (groupName^) or (typeOf (groupName^) != tableType) {
				error ()};
			return (groupName)}}
	else {
		error ()}}
<<bundle //test code
	<<dialog.alert (getMembershipTable (config.mainresponder.globals.defaultMembershipGroup))

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