Monday, 21 April 2014

How to close a Syspro Window using VBScript

Function CustomizedPane_OnToolbarButton1Clicked()
    Dim WshShell
    set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    WshShell.SendKeys "%{F4}"
    ' WshShell.SendKeys "{ESCAPE}" ' Can use this too
    set WshShell = nothing

End Function

Good sendkeys reference:http://www.devguru.com/technologies/wsh/quickref/wshshell_SendKeys.html

How to install Xcelsius 2008 with SYSPRO 6.1 and Office 2007 or 2010

If you try to install Xcelsius 2008 with SYSPRO 6.1, you will run into the problem that Xcelsius 2008 wants Microsoft Office 2003 to be installed as well. Here is how to install Xcelsius 2008 with SYSPRO 6.1 and Office 2007 or 2010 successfully:
  1. Copy the SYSPRO 6.1 installation CD to your hard disk.
  2. On the hard-disk copy of your SYSPRO 6.1 CD, in the Xcelsius/package directory, you will find a file, Xcelsius.msi. Modify that file using Orca and remove theLaunchCondition for Office, as described in detail here. Note that the modified Xcelsius.msi file needs to remain in the Xcelsius/package directory, not some other directory.
  3. Re-launch the installation of Xcelsius from the SYSPRO installation program.

How to view Xcelsius Dashboards on iPad or iPod

On iOS, you can use software that streams Flash such as Photon from Appsverse (costs about $5).
 You could probably also test iSwifter or CloudBrowse.
 Then publish your Dashboard as a .XLF file on an IIS web server.
Then enter the URL for that .xlf file into Photon.