Two logins in Dynamics 9

[JordanCN]

I am setting up a test install of Dynamics 9 on a Win 2003 server running SQL 2000. I originally had the SQL server setup for Windows Authentication when I installed Dynamics 9, however I switched it to Mixed mode when I could not logon.

I am now able to log on, however I get two logons when I start Dynamics. The first logon is a the Welcome to Dynamics logon box with a drop list of all the ODBC connections on my computer. I can then fill in my Username and password wich brings me to a second screen - Company Logon which I can now pick the company I am going to use.

Is this just the way Dynamics works now, or is there a way to hide all the other lists of ODBC connections? I don't like users seeing those connections because they may try to use them improperly.

 

[LyleU]

Jordan,

I have been using GP since version 3 and it has always had the user login and then the company selection screens.

Once you have selected an ODBC connection the first time, the system defaults to that connection the next time through and the users no longer have to be concerned about it. Most users that I have worked with will quickly learn to ignore that dropdown box. Even if they fool around with the selection, they can't get anywhere by selecting say an Access connector, etc... By the way, you only need to have one ODBC connection established for access to any and all companies available in GP.

Lyle

 

[JordanCN]

Maybe if I could get this to default to my ODBC Entry by default that would help. Where is the setting that tells the Dynamics client to default to my "Dynamics" odbc entry?

I am using Active Directory Group Policies to distribute
the Dynamics GP 9 install. This works great, but I have either tell everyone to pick the entry "Dynamics" on the list or I have to go do it myself from each computer for the first run of the application.

 

[LyleU]

Jordan,

GP "remembers" these types of settings by writing them into the Dex.ini file.

The line: SQLLastDataSource= will have the ODBC connection name. The line: SQLLastUser= will have the login ID for the last user to open GP on that workstation. Default printers, screen settings, payroll updates, dictionary version numbers, etc... are all stored there.

Lyle

 

[winthropdc]

Please make sure that you DO NOT have the dex.ini marked as read only.

This can break many applications which try to write to the dex.ini. It also does not work at all for v10.0.

David Musgrave [MSFT]
Escalation Engineer - Microsoft Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics Support - Asia Pacific

Microsoft Dynamics (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions)

http://www.microsoft.com/Dynamics

mailtoavid dot Musgrave at microsoft dot com

http://blogs.msdn.com/DevelopingForDynamicsGP

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