5.1 splash

Steve,
If your concern with the short duration of the splash screen is that users may login twice, or possibly leave a login window (and therefore a license) hiding behind another window, then there are two things you can do in 5.1 to prevent that. These are from the "What's New in 5.10" in the Help File.

1.
Allow Multiple Sessions: This setting defaults to Yes, and allows a user account to start multiple concurrent sessions. Checked only during session startup, not during change user ID. Note that security managers can always launch multiple sessions regardless of this flag. This setting is useful in preventing users from launching multiple sessions, and using Vantage and Progress seats.

2.
Session login timeout minutes: This setting defaults to 2 minutes, and pertains to the System Login window. If the window is active for the specified number of minutes without activity, the session is terminated. The .vtg parameter for this is VantageLoginTimeout. A setting of zero means no timeout.


Vantage Help 5.10, Release B

Troy Funte
Liberty Electronics

----- Original Message -----
From: spolatas
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:46 PM
Subject: [Vantage] Re: 5.1 splash


Mel,

Did you ever get any additional information on how to keep the 5.1
splash screen displayed for a longer duration? We'er going to 5.1
from 4.0 this weekend and in testing I've noticed that the login
times have increased yet the splash screen display time has
decreased! What's up with that?!

Steve Polatas

--- In vantage@y..., <gilsonscreen@b...> wrote:
> Hello group
>
> Does anyone know how to make the splash screen (for 5.1) stay
visible during login. I am having users think that Vantage is not
running and try to start another session.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mel
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


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Hello group

Does anyone know how to make the splash screen (for 5.1) stay visible during login. I am having users think that Vantage is not running and try to start another session.

Thanks

Mel


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There is a new setting in the Vantage.ini file which is "nosplash=yes".
Change this to "nosplash=no".

Rick Lane
Intelligent Systems Integration, Inc.
600 Weber Drive
Wadsworth, OH 44281
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FX: 330-335-7275

"Helping Business Make Intelligent Use of Technology"


-----Original Message-----
From: gilsonscreen@... [mailto:gilsonscreen@...]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:43 AM
To: vantage
Subject: [Vantage] 5.1 splash


Hello group

Does anyone know how to make the splash screen (for 5.1) stay visible during
login. I am having users think that Vantage is not running and try to start
another session.

Thanks

Mel
From a previous post from Tim Ligas at Epicor on the list...

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There are also 2 parameters that you can add to your 5.1 vtg file.

The first

VantageLoginTimeout=X

Only used at the login screen. For example, if you set the X above to 1, if a workstation is sitting at the login screen for more than a minute, the login will be terminated. This will help where users click the icon multiple times and end up having 1 or 2 login screens beneath their current session.
The default is 2 minutes.

The second

VantageLowColor=yes

Will bring up a black and white login screen.
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Troy Funte
Liberty Electronics


----- Original Message -----
From: gilsonscreen@...
To: vantage
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:43 AM
Subject: [Vantage] 5.1 splash


Hello group

Does anyone know how to make the splash screen (for 5.1) stay visible during login. I am having users think that Vantage is not running and try to start another session.

Thanks

Mel


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Besides, having a splash screen saying Powered By Progress Software, what
benefit does this have?

The splash screen stays up maybe a couple of seconds longer, but it still
disappears.


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Lane [mailto:rickl@...]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:46 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.1 splash

There is a new setting in the Vantage.ini file which is "nosplash=yes".
Change this to "nosplash=no".

Rick Lane
Intelligent Systems Integration, Inc.
600 Weber Drive
Wadsworth, OH 44281
PH: 330-335-5291
FX: 330-335-7275

"Helping Business Make Intelligent Use of Technology"


-----Original Message-----
From: gilsonscreen@... [mailto:gilsonscreen@...]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:43 AM
To: vantage
Subject: [Vantage] 5.1 splash


Hello group

Does anyone know how to make the splash screen (for 5.1) stay visible during
login. I am having users think that Vantage is not running and try to start
another session.

Thanks

Mel


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Well, having used Vantage in the good old days before Vantage started using
the splash screen, it was only added to help signal users that indeed you
did start a Vantage session, you just had to wait now for Vantage to
eventually come up. You see, in earlier versions, there was no splash
screen only a half a second change to the mouse pointer, which then went
back to the normal pointer. This made the scenario you mention below even
worse.

The splash screen is simply a quick .exe file that is run with a built in
timer. It is in no way, that I have been able to determine, connected to
the actual loading of Vantage. Simply a visual clue that yes you did double
click the Vantage icon. Therefore, tell your users that as long as they see
the splash screen, Vantage is starting, you just have to have patience.

There are also 3rd party utilities that stop users from starting more than
one Vantage session on a workstation if you would like to pursue that avenue
to solve your problem.

Rick Lane
Intelligent Systems Integration, Inc.
600 Weber Drive
Wadsworth, OH 44281
PH: 330-335-5291
FX: 330-335-7275

"Helping Business Make Intelligent Use of Technology"


-----Original Message-----
From: Fausto Filippi [mailto:ffilippi@...]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 5:09 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.1 splash


Besides, having a splash screen saying Powered By Progress Software, what
benefit does this have?

The splash screen stays up maybe a couple of seconds longer, but it still
disappears.
Mel,

Did you ever get any additional information on how to keep the 5.1
splash screen displayed for a longer duration? We'er going to 5.1
from 4.0 this weekend and in testing I've noticed that the login
times have increased yet the splash screen display time has
decreased! What's up with that?!

Steve Polatas

--- In vantage@y..., <gilsonscreen@b...> wrote:
> Hello group
>
> Does anyone know how to make the splash screen (for 5.1) stay
visible during login. I am having users think that Vantage is not
running and try to start another session.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mel
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]