Thanks Jim but...
Everyone is Win 2000 or Win XP.
I'm assuming changing Autoexec.bat would either be a no-no or wouldn't work.
That would be great if something like:
SET VAR vworkstat = (ENVVAL('workstat'))
would do the trick.
Dennis
*****
At 03:23 PM 7/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Dennis
>
>It sounds like you need to have the person who wrote system for the users to
>login into.. thus there login ident to go into a system variable like the
>old DOS type SET USERNOW = "the value of their login name", and then use
>ENVVAL to get this value...here is the info on this command.
>
>(ENVVAL('environmentvar'))
>
>Returns the current value of the specified DOS environment variable. You
must
>either enclose the name of the environment variable in quotation marks or
use a
>text variable to which you have assigned the environment variable.
>
>First, assume you have the command below in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
>
> SET workstat=10
>
>Now, in R:BASE, you can use ENVVAL to find the value of that environment
>variable, as shown in the example below. The value of vworkstat will be
the text
>value 10.
>
> SET VAR vworkstat = (ENVVAL('workstat'))
>
>Hope this helps
>Jim Limburg
>
>
>
>
>Dennis Fleming wrote:
>> Thanks Dick,
>>
>> I may not have explained this very well.
>> There is a production system on the floor on many PC's that runs 24/7 which
>> monitors their product at various locations throughout the plant. They have
>> function keys available which can call up other programs including our app
>> which is for work requests. They want the operator's login ident to be
>> picked up by our app to be stored with the work request (they don't login
>> windows). The operators change throughout the day. I'm looking for a way
>> for them to "pass" the current operator's id to Rbase.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dennis
>> *****
>>
>> At 10:36 AM 7/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>>Dennis: Put a column in a password or dummy table with a date. Have the
>>>date set to today when the user first logs in. Future logins check the date
>>>and if it is today, do not ask again. Works here.
>>>
>>>Dick Fey
>>>Carpet Broker Inc.
>>>
>>>PS We also use it for certain reminders we only want to see once each day.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>A customer has a manufacturing app running all the time on the shop floor.
>>>>Each new user must log in when they start their shift, take breaks, etc.
>>>>They can jump out (and return) to our RBase app to enter a work request
>>>>when they see a problem. Where is a good place for the manufacturing app
>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>>save the ident/password for us to pick up in RBase so we don't need to ask
>>>>"who are you" again? (I guess they could save it in a text file, but seems
>>>>a little clumsy).
>>>>
>>>>TIA,
>>>>
>>>>Dennis
>>>>*****
>>>>Dennis Fleming
>>>>IISCO
>>>>http://www.TheBestCMMS.com
>>>>Phone: 570 775-7593
>>>>Fax: 570 775-9797
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Dennis Fleming
>> IISCO
>> http://www.TheBestCMMS.com
>> Phone: 570 775-7593
>> Fax: 570 775-9797
>>
>>
>
>
>
Dennis Fleming
IISCO
http://www.TheBestCMMS.com
Phone: 570 775-7593
Fax: 570 775-9797
