Data Exchange Module - Launching Module

Launching Data Exchange Module Directly
The Data Exchange Module can be launched directly by running issync.exe from Windows Explorer - or creating a shortcut to this exe. You will be prompted to log in to IndySoft when you run directly.
Launching Data Exchange From Dashboard Home Layouts
Add an 'ISSYNC' hyperlink to any text in the layout to run the Data Exchange Module from a Dashboard Home Layout. You can optionally add parameters following the 'ISSYNC' text to specify a sync to auto-run. Here is an example hyperlink that could be set up in a Home Layout:

ISSYNC AUTORUN 1 1 1 "SELECT EQUIP"

The first parameter of 'AUTORUN' tells the Data Exchange Module to load a send or receive sync automatically (the rest of the parameters are irrelevant if this is not set). The second parameter is a '1' or '0' to designate if a receive sync should automatically prompt the user to select a company. This setting is only relevant for receiving syncs that sync equipment. The third parameter is a '1' or '0' to designate if the sync (to be auto-launched) is a receive-type sync compared to a send sync. The fourth parameter is a '1' or '0' to designate if the sync should attempt to run without any onscreen prompts automatically (company prompt notwithstanding). Finally, the last parameter is the name of the Receive sync that should be used, if applicable. Or, for send-type syncs, this last parameter can have one of 4 values - use double quotes around each when creating the hyperlink:

·"From Last Modified Date/Time"

·"From EquipmentFinder"

·"From OrderFinder"

·"From Scheduled Work for Employee"

Note that if the name of the Receive template contains multiple words or if any of the above send-type syncs are used, then it is required that this final parameter be enclosed in double quotes to group the text as one parameter.

So in the above example, a receive-type sync named "SELECT EQUIP" is automatically run. This sync will first prompt the user to select a company. The example below will launch a send-type sync based on the last modified date/time:

ISSYNC AUTORUN 0 0 1 "From Last Modified Date/Time"

Creating Receive and Send Shortcuts
Within the Data Exchange Module are menu items under the 'Options' menu for 'Create Receive Shortcut' and 'Create Send Shortcut.' These options can create auto-run scenarios similar to the Dashboard AUTORUN syntax described above. These shortcuts are simply small text files (ini files with an ISS extension) that are saved locally. These settings also include login credentials (username/password). Once a shortcut file is created, issync.exe can be launched directly with one parameter that points toward this ISS file. Let's look at a 'Create Receive Shortcut' example:

Receive Shortcut Options

After you press OK, you will be prompted to where the ISS file should be saved. Let's say you saved the file to 'C:\SendSyncs\Select Equip.ISS'. Then you could create a Windows shortcut on your desktop that launched:

'C:\Program Files (x86)\IndySoft_Commercial_Lab_Management\2Tier\Single\issync.exe' 'C:\SendSyncs\Select Equip.ISS'

This would launch the Data Exchange Module and automatically execute all the settings in the ISS shortcut. Similarly, a 'Send Shortcut' can be created - the four send types are parallel to the options discussed above:

Send Shortcut Options |