System Five has some options that can be used with shortcuts. The default installation shortcut will not work, so shortcuts have to be changed to another format to work.

Good Format:

C:\Windward\System5\Bin\SystemFive.exe

Where X is the numeric terminal id (1 through n) Where Y is the numeric department number (1 through n)

• /machine=X
• /forcemachine=X
• /Dept=Y
• /nosplash
• /auto=demo

The “/machine=X” defaults to a specified terminal number, but does not force them to keep that terminal number. The user may select another avialable terminal number.

The “/forcemachine=X” forces the user to use a specified terminal number, and does not allow the use of another terminal number. If that terminal number is in use or otherwize unavaialble they will get a red box, and will not be able to log in. This is very useful when you have terminal specific printer settings, as it prevents break scenarios that occur if a user switches to another terminal with terminal specific printer needs.

The “/Dept=Y” defaults the user to a specific department, but does not force them the use that department. Since they may choose a different department even while in the software this is allowed. If it is necessary that a certain user only have access to one department please setup their user security in the setup wizard, to only allow access to that department. They will then be unable to log into another department.

The “/nosplash” prevents the splash screen from being displayed. This is the full screen background that pops up before the login screen comes up when first logging into system five.

The “/auto=demo” will attempt an auto login using the user name “demo” with the password of “demo”. In the command line only argument shown here the user name and password in System Five have to be exactly the same including the case of each letter. The is an alternate setup with a command line argument and an ini file that contain the login information, but it is not described here.