ISSUE
This is one method to automatically log you into Great Plains and into a company.
RESOLUTION
1. Copy the following macro code into a text editor. This will be the basis for the automatic login.
2. Make the following changes to the macro code text file:
4. Save the changes to the icon and then close the window.
5. Test the change by double-clicking the icon. You should now be automatically logged into Great Plains and into the company that was set up.
This article was TechKnowledge Document ID:24389
This is one method to automatically log you into Great Plains and into a company.
RESOLUTION
1. Copy the following macro code into a text editor. This will be the basis for the automatic login.
Logging file 'none.txt'
CheckActiveWin dictionary 'default' form Login window Login
TypeTo field 'User ID' , 'lessonuser1'
MoveTo field Password
TypeTo field Password , 'pwd'
CheckActiveWin dictionary 'default' form Login window Login
MoveTo field 'OK Button'
ClickHit field 'OK Button'
NewActiveWin dictionary 'default' form 'Switch Company' window 'Switch Company'
ClickHit field '(L) Company Names' item 1 # 'The World Online, Inc.'
MoveTo field 'OK Button'
ClickHit field 'OK Button'
2. Make the following changes to the macro code text file:
- Change lessonuser1 to the user that wants to be automatically logged in.
- Change pwd to the user's password.
- Change The World Online, Inc. to the company that you want to be logged into. Note The World Online, Inc. is named Fabrikam, Inc. in Release 8.0.
- Save the changes to a file named Login.mac. Save the file in the Great Plains client folder. This would beC:\GreatPlains if the defaults were used during the installation.
- Right-click the icon and then select Properties from the drop-down menu.
- Find the target to Great Plains. (The example that follows assumes that the defaults were used during the client installation. The client will be assumed to be found in C:\GreatPlains).
- Modify the Target line to look like the following:
C:\GreatPlains\Dynamics.exe C:\GreatPlains\Dynamics.set C:\GreatPlains\login.mac
4. Save the changes to the icon and then close the window.
5. Test the change by double-clicking the icon. You should now be automatically logged into Great Plains and into the company that was set up.
This article was TechKnowledge Document ID:24389