Dennis Now sure what mnf is, but if they write it into a text file the should be able to run a .CMD file and capture it with the SET YOURVAR = .TheirUser, Here is a link to a MS article on this.. It is all one link, just wrapped
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp? url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/set.asp Jim Limburg Personel Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, July 11, 2003 4:55 pm Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Passwords can be a pain in the #$!!% > Thanks Javier (and others) for responses. > > One of the design criteria is minimal keystrokes. They have no > mouse on the > production PC's... all navigation is with tab, space bar, enter, etc. > > I have their idents/pwords in a table but of course that's at > least two > extra steps. Plus they already logged in the mnf system. If they just > picked their id again, they could pick someone else's. In the > prior system, > obscene or bogus requests did appear occasionally and there was no > way to > track it down. > > I think I'll just ask the mnf application to write the User Ident > into a > text file which I will put into the work request (and delete the > file each > time). > > Dennis > **** > > > At 02:12 PM 7/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Dennis: > >All systems that I am familiar (including the ones I have > developed) that > >generate work orders, have a field to store the name of the > individual>(operator) requesting the work. You can have a menu > that pops up whenever > >they generate a work order that allows the operator to select a > name from a > >valid list, or you can have the menu pop-up whenever they access the > >application. Since they want to store the operator id with the > work order > >request, the operator ID should be entered along with the other > work order > >information. This is the only way to do it if more that one > operator uses > >the system. > > > >Javier Valencia, PE > >President > >Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. > >14315 S. Twilight Ln, Suite #14 > >Olathe, Kansas 66962-4578 > >Office (913)829-0888 > >Fax (913)649-2904 > >Cell (913)915-3137 > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis > >Fleming > >Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 1:59 PM > >To: RBASE-L Mailing List > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Passwords can be a pain in the #$!!% > > > >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 > >
