Sage 100 2018 - Where are the instructions for making a shortcut on the desktop to the Time Track (TimeCard) punch in/out function?

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Just started working on upgrading a client to 2018.2 that using the Time Track features but hit a snag in that the old instructions for setting up the desktop punch in/out function are no long valid.  The function name is apparently no longer valid based on the old set of instructions in the Knowledgebase.

Has anyone found the new instructions yet?

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    If you want to create shortcuts to a sage 100 program such as the Punch In/Out in Time Track you need to do the following. Note that shortcuts are user and company specific.

    Copy the desktop shortcut for Sage 100.
    Rename the shortcut to something meaningful to what you want it to launch
    You will need the UI program name that you want to launch, user logon and company code that you want to use to launch the task
    • To launch Punch In/Out the program name is PR_TIMETRACKPUNCH_UIT
    • To launch the Attendance worksheet the program name is PR_TIMEATTENDANCEWORKSHEET_UI

    Modify the target to include information specific to user, company and program to launch. This information will be added to the existing target information to launch sage 100. The data to be added is formatted as
    • M4P -ARG DIRECT UION USER "" COMPANY PR_TIMETRACKPUNCH_UI
    • You will modify the above information replacing USER with your user logon, replacing COMPANY with the company code that you want to launch the task in, and if you want to launch a task other than Punch In out, replace PR_TIMETRACKPUNCH_UI with the name of the ui program to launch. The rest of the information must stay as it is


    • See samples below on how to format this data.
    o This is the target for the shortcut to launch Sage 100 that you will start with
     "C:\Sage\Sage 100 Standard 2018\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe" -hd ..\launcher\sota.ini ..\soa\startup.m4p
    o This example launches Time Track Punch In/Out for user John in company TST
     "C:\Sage\Sage 100 Standard 2018\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe" -hd ..\launcher\sota.ini ..\soa\Startup.M4P -ARG DIRECT UION John "" TST PR_TIMETRACKPUNCH_UI
    o This example launches the Attendance Worksheet for USER John in company TST
     "C:\Sage\Sage 100 Standard 2018\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe" -hd ..\launcher\sota.ini ..\soa\Startup.M4P -ARG DIRECT UION John "" TST PR_TIMEATTENDANCEWORKSHEET_UI

    See this link for more information: https://support.na.sage.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=19387&sliceId=1
    Note: for Sage 100 Advanced and Premium follow the directions in the link for configuring the Apps tab in Application Server Configuration

    Thanks,

    Kent

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  • +1
    verified answer

    If you want to create shortcuts to a sage 100 program such as the Punch In/Out in Time Track you need to do the following. Note that shortcuts are user and company specific.

    Copy the desktop shortcut for Sage 100.
    Rename the shortcut to something meaningful to what you want it to launch
    You will need the UI program name that you want to launch, user logon and company code that you want to use to launch the task
    • To launch Punch In/Out the program name is PR_TIMETRACKPUNCH_UIT
    • To launch the Attendance worksheet the program name is PR_TIMEATTENDANCEWORKSHEET_UI

    Modify the target to include information specific to user, company and program to launch. This information will be added to the existing target information to launch sage 100. The data to be added is formatted as
    • M4P -ARG DIRECT UION USER "" COMPANY PR_TIMETRACKPUNCH_UI
    • You will modify the above information replacing USER with your user logon, replacing COMPANY with the company code that you want to launch the task in, and if you want to launch a task other than Punch In out, replace PR_TIMETRACKPUNCH_UI with the name of the ui program to launch. The rest of the information must stay as it is


    • See samples below on how to format this data.
    o This is the target for the shortcut to launch Sage 100 that you will start with
     "C:\Sage\Sage 100 Standard 2018\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe" -hd ..\launcher\sota.ini ..\soa\startup.m4p
    o This example launches Time Track Punch In/Out for user John in company TST
     "C:\Sage\Sage 100 Standard 2018\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe" -hd ..\launcher\sota.ini ..\soa\Startup.M4P -ARG DIRECT UION John "" TST PR_TIMETRACKPUNCH_UI
    o This example launches the Attendance Worksheet for USER John in company TST
     "C:\Sage\Sage 100 Standard 2018\MAS90\Home\pvxwin32.exe" -hd ..\launcher\sota.ini ..\soa\Startup.M4P -ARG DIRECT UION John "" TST PR_TIMEATTENDANCEWORKSHEET_UI

    See this link for more information: https://support.na.sage.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=19387&sliceId=1
    Note: for Sage 100 Advanced and Premium follow the directions in the link for configuring the Apps tab in Application Server Configuration

    Thanks,

    Kent

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