851d229 Posts: 3 12/02/2013	851d229 Posts: 3 Hi, we are in a network environment, is it possible to configure SyMenu based on network user rights by using a file configuration? I search an alternative to Zenworks Application launcher that using network rights... thank you
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Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 13/02/2013	Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 Hi. I don't know if I have well understand but your problem could be easily solved launching SyMenu itself with alternative credential. Since that moment any application launched from SyMenu will inherit the alternative credential. To launch SyMenu, or any other program, with alternative credential you can prepare an executable file (bat, vbs, exe) that use the Windows command RUNAS with appropriate parameter. If your need is to launch only some program with the alternative credential, you can use the executor modifier http://www.ugmfree.it/SyMenuManual.aspx#Executor_Modifier If you are annoyed to be asked every time for the network password there are some free tools to replace RUNAS which allow to include the password to. Well I can't help you better if you don't explain your needs well and unfortunately I don't know this Zenworks launcher to understand how it works.
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851d229 Posts: 3 13/02/2013	851d229 Posts: 3 Here's a exemple of what I want: when a user login to the network (Novell or AD of Microsoft), he's getting network mapping to differents directory on the network. In these mappings, there's Applications that the user needs to start. I want SyMenu to retreive these programs automatically, based on the user rights (what the user see or not see on mappings). Or If I could have a some kind of configuration file that contains the list of theses applications, could I give this file to SyMenu to read and display items programs?
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Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 13/02/2013	Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 Ok now I understand. In my opinion the possible solutions are two. 1) In Windows the start menu is linked to an all users menu and to a current user menu. When SyMenu starts it reads the entire Windows start menu (the general and the personal parts) and includes every application it finds in its searchable item list. The first solution could be realized customizing the Windows start menu (current user part) adding the applications the user has the authorization to see. 2) The second one in my opinion is a better solution. You can modify the SyMenu configuration file according to the network paths to the various applications that the user can see. You can find SyMenu configuration file inside the folder ./SyMenu/Config the file name is SyMenuItem.zip. The configuration file is a simple zipped xml. You can define relative paths but also absolute and network paths. If you choose the second solution you can have a semi-automatic retrieving tool for your programs collection. It's a function called Batch import (see http://www.ugmfree.it/SyMenuManual.aspx#Item_Manager_menu_batch_import) that works for network paths too. I call it semi-automatic because when you add a new program SyMenu won't sniffed it automatically but you have to import it again. The advantage of this second solution is that you have real items and not searched-and-found items (from Windows start menu). A real item in SyMenu could be renamed, moved, grouped inside logical folder, launched with parameters and so on, but mainly you can see it in the main list and not only in the search result list. I'm very interested in your use of SyMenu so if you could come back in this thread to tell if you succeeded in your migration I'll be very grateful to you.
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851d229 Posts: 3 14/02/2013	851d229 Posts: 3 ok thanks, I will try the solutions and come back to you later!!
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