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Is anyone here using jobs.txt to distribute PM plug-ins? I just did it with the new CMS 1500 plug in because all the plug-in does on the clients is copies a file called cms1500_0212.rpt to the client folder. This is preferable to manually touching all of the workstations which need the plug in. This will be especially helpful whenever we need to update because people call the help desk when they see the update page with the big red "click here to update" link.
The other plug-ins I would like to distribute is Centricity, CentricityRT, Expressbill and VOWFSM but will need to research what file names are involved with each and if I am missing something here which would make this a bad idea.
Mike Zavolas
Tallahassee Neurological Clinic
Posted : March 20, 2014 2:05 am
I don't know about those plug-ins in particular, but if you can determine they are only a file change then you can certainly push them out with jobs.txt. Any method of copying a file is as good as another. However I *think* that jobs.txt executes within the user's security context, so it won't be able to copy files if the windows user doesn't have write privileges to the target directory.
Posted : March 30, 2014 8:59 am
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justinbelcher said:
I don't know about those plug-ins in particular, but if you can determine they are only a file change then you can certainly push them out with jobs.txt. Any method of copying a file is as good as another. However I *think* that jobs.txt executes within the user's security context, so it won't be able to copy files if the windows user doesn't have write privileges to the target directory.
I agree with all of the above but the problem is I don't know how to determine what is actually being installed when you click on each plug-in. I know for certain that there is a reg hack on several of them which would preclude a jobs.txt push unless you do the reg hack with a vb script during login.
I guess this is going to be more trouble than it is worth but the method of presenting users with the setup screen doesn't work for us. The users blow up the help desk even if they have admin rights but most of them do not. This process from GE is not designed for thick clients (unless you have a large "sneaker net" staff). Most of the time, this stuff can be changed in an organized fashion but sometimes during a support call, the tech will suggest an update so in my case it is like dropping a project in my lap.
There has to be a better way...
Posted : March 31, 2014 12:09 am
