Copyright: Copyright © 2001 Autodesk, Inc. [v.u16-1.0.01] AcTodayMgr.HLP   Tuesday, December 12, 2000 10:21:33


Today Manager

 Overview

The Today Manager allows you to control the information displayed in the Today window for users at your site. With the Today Manager, you can

Specify a bulletin board location. This is a UNC path to a Web file (HTM, HTML, or ASP file) that will be displayed in the Today Bulletin Board.

Prevent users from modifying the Bulletin Board location and other settings determined in the Today Manager.

Specify whether users have access to Autodesk® Point A services in the Today window, or are limited to Bulletin Board information.

Specify that Live Update notifications will be sent to users, so you can provide patches and other services to keep their systems up to date and synchronized.

NOTE  For your changes to take effect, you must specify a Bulletin Board location.

Options:

Bulletin Board Location

Apply CAD Manager Control to Today

CAD Manager Control Settings


Bulletin Board Location  [AcTodayMgr]
Today Manager

 Bulletin Board Location

Specifies the name of the bulletin board location that is shared with users.

In the Bulletin Board Location box, do one of the following:

Enter a path to the bulletin board location that you will share with your users. For example:

\\servername\shared folder\filename.htm

Browse for the bulletin board location. The file must have a file name extension of .htm.

If you specify an existing HTML file, it must contain the <body> </body> tags.


Apply CAD Manager Control to Today  [AcTodayMgr]
Today Manager

 Apply CAD Manager Control to Today

Controls whether CAD Manager control settings are in effect at your site. If this option is selected, the control settings are available for you to set. If this option is cleared, the control settings are unavailable.

When users launch the program, they can change the Bulletin Board path using the Edit button at the upper right corner of the Bulletin Board in the Today window. This button and the opportunity to change the Bulletin Board UNC path are not available when you as CAD Manager have established CAD Manager Control over the user’s installation using the Today Manager.

With CAD Manager Control, you can specify for users the other services that are listed under CAD Manager Control settings. Provided users’ Today Bulletin Board location points to the file specified in the Today Manager, they will see changes to the CAD Manager control settings when they accept the update.


CAD Manager Control settings  [AcTodayMgr]
Today Manager

 CAD Manager Control Settings

Specifies the CAD Manager control settings that you want in effect at your site.

Allow Access to Autodesk Point A Services

Determines how users are notified of updates and how they access them. Select this option if you want users to have access to Autodesk® Point A. Clear this option if you do not want users to have access to Autodesk Point A.

Provide No Live Update Notification

If Allow Access to Autodesk® Point A Services is cleared, this becomes the default selection. It specifies that users are not notified of a Live Update.

Provide Live Update Notification from Autodesk Point A

This is the default selection. It allows users to get instant notification of Live Updates.

Provide Notification of Local Patch List

This selection specifies that users are notified of local patch list availability. If you as CAD Manager have chosen to deploy a local patch list, update notification appears as part of the Bulletin Board text after the user chooses Accept.

Local Patch List Location

Specifes the name of the patch list location that users can access. Do one of the following to specify the name of the patch list:

Choose Browse to enter a local patch location. The file must have a file name extension of .txt.

Enter a location in Local Patch List Location, in the following format:

\\servername\shared folder\filename.txt