Quick access to CAS genesisWorld

The logon window opens after starting CAS genesisWorld.

• Enter your User name in the respective field.

Your administrator sets up your user account in CAS genesisWorld and registers your user name.

• Enter you Password in the respective field.

Similarly, your administrator can create a password for you, leave the password field empty so that you can create one yourself. You can change the password in the Settings window on the General tab.

• Settings/General tab

• Enter the Server name in the respective field.

Server name this is the name of the computer on which the CAS genesisWorld application server runs. If the program runs on the computer you are currently working with, leave this field blank.

• If your company has more than one database, you will also need to enter or select the database you want to use.
• You can start CAS genesisWorld by clicking Log on
• You can end the program by clicking Close.

Speed up the program start with parameters

You can also enter the information above as parameters in the CAS genesisWorld call. This enables you to quickly start the program and you do not have to enter the corresponding information in the logon window. You can enter these parameters if you have a CAS genesisWorld icon on your desktop or if you call CAS genesisWorld using the Run dialog.

• Right-click the CAS genesisWorld icon and select Properties.

The Properties window opens.

• Select the Link tab.
• Enter the parameters in the Target field, naming them after the program names. The field should then look like this:

C:/Programs/CAS genesisWorld/client/CAS genesisWorld.EXE u=abc p=xyz s=GSERV d=example database

u=  user name

p=  password

s=  server name

d= database

Enclose your name in quotation marks if it contains more than two space characters.

• The language of CAS genesisWorld can also be set using a parameter.

• CAS genesisWorld language

Notes

The first part of the call must be set in quotation marks, the parameters not. Only then is ensured that the program can be called with the desktop symbol.

There is a space in front of "u", "p" and "s", but nowhere else. Thus "u=xyz" is written without spaces.

Once you have accessed an application server, the same server is used as default for the next start. The entry as parameter makes sure that the same computer is being used all the time.

Different log on procedure for CAS genesisWorld

Administrators can define 3 different log on procedures in the Management Console.

• You can log on using your CAS genesisWorld username and password.
• You can log on using your Windows authentication: In the Logon window of the Desktop Client enter your username and click the Logon button.

Now the program automatically tries to log on with the user that is currently logged on to Windows. Thus, the default database is accessed.

• Logging on using Windows logon data: In the Logon window of the Desktop Client log on using your Windows username and password.

Ask your administrator which logon procedure is currently being used.