MES Custom Buttons

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I have a similar issue and have logged it as a call. it has been recognised as a bug.

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From: "timdines@..." <tdines@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 2 February, 2010 15:04:03
Subject: [Vantage] MES Custom Buttons

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I have added about a dozen buttons to the MES Menu and all work well, but I need to make sure they are not active until the Employee ID is evaluated during the clocking in process. I have reviewed the code that was offered in an earlier post and looked at the LoggedIn arg. It seems that the buttons are live with this code as well because the LoggedIn is coming from the initial log in screen. All of our MES computers log in the same so I need to determine whether buttons are available or not at the clock in.

Can anyone provide guidance in this? I have tried to trigger it off of the state of other buttons, but have not found what is needed.

Thanks,
Tim Dines
Steel Parts Manufacturing, Inc.







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I'd really like to be able to customize a button to open Part Entry
screen in MES, but I get an error message the Part Entry isn't
accessible from MES, anybody know if this is possible, and how?


Thanks,

--SF
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There is a finite list of forms/screens/applications (whatever you want
to call them) that can be launched/executed from the MES menu. I do not
have the list at hand but I have seen it.

My question would be, why do you need to open a part
creation/maintenance application though MES, whose function is to
provide lookups and data collection for a shop floor employee?

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "sanfranc415" <sanfranc415@...> wrote:
>
> I'd really like to be able to customize a button to open Part Entry
> screen in MES, but I get an error message the Part Entry isn't
> accessible from MES, anybody know if this is possible, and how?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --SF
>
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The inability to access certain core applications through MES is entirely a licensing issue. MES user licenses are about 1/3rd the cost of full licences.

If you have an MES user who truly requires access to apps like Part Maintenance, you have to pony up and devote a full license to them. (They would then log in to the main product and not MES.)

While you CAN add MES to the menu structure of the core product (eliminating the need for the user to log in twice and allowing them use of the MES apps) you will then be consuming TWO licenses (one core, one MES).

...Better that your user then is educated on the use of core product applications for transactaction entry.



bw2868bond <bwalker@...> wrote:
There is a finite list of forms/screens/applications (whatever you want
to call them) that can be launched/executed from the MES menu. I do not
have the list at hand but I have seen it.

My question would be, why do you need to open a part
creation/maintenance application though MES, whose function is to
provide lookups and data collection for a shop floor employee?

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "sanfranc415" <sanfranc415@...> wrote:
>
> I'd really like to be able to customize a button to open Part Entry
> screen in MES, but I get an error message the Part Entry isn't
> accessible from MES, anybody know if this is possible, and how?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --SF
>






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I have added about a dozen buttons to the MES Menu and all work well, but I need to make sure they are not active until the Employee ID is evaluated during the clocking in process. I have reviewed the code that was offered in an earlier post and looked at the LoggedIn arg. It seems that the buttons are live with this code as well because the LoggedIn is coming from the initial log in screen. All of our MES computers log in the same so I need to determine whether buttons are available or not at the clock in.

Can anyone provide guidance in this? I have tried to trigger it off of the state of other buttons, but have not found what is needed.

Thanks,
Tim Dines
Steel Parts Manufacturing, Inc.