Password entry with parameter passing using the example of Putty

With help of the integrated document management you can pass data (depending on setup) via parameter passing to applications. Therefore you only have to know which parameters support the application. Enclosed we show you a configuration of the automatic password entry via parameter passing using the example of putty.

1. Set form (optional):

For the putty application we set a new form by means of the form assistant. Open the form assistant via "edit" -> "administrating forms" -> "add forms". Configure yourself a form with the following arrays. Always call up on the array accounts with the array name.

Therefore always stick to the following spelling:

{FRM:Host} =  FRM stands for "form". Notice that you have to spell the array names correctly, so that the account can be determined.

2. Add the application "putty.exe"

Change into the array "documents" and click on "add document", to add a new document. A new window opens. Add "Putty" as a link (upper tab) and configure the parameters like it is mapped or according to the form field name.

The parameters can be different according to the application. Search for "parameters" or "command line" in the instructions of the application. Alternatively you can contact the manufacturer of the external software. The passed parameters "-ssh {FRM:Host} -l {FRM:UserName} -pw {FRM:Password}" will be replaced by the field values later. That way for example the call "-ssh myhost.de -l root -pw 8yBIc8hoOvhI" occurs with only one click.

At the following link you find an explanation of the parameters used:

http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.53b/htmldoc/Chapter3.html

3. Link document/application with record

At last the accordant connection between document and data is still missing, that means the parameters have to be replaced by any data. For this we change back into the "folder" array. Start a new folder with the own "Putty" form set before.

Start a new record in that folder with the following login data.

At last you have to link the record with the document. Change to "affix/documents" in the detail array.

Click the right mouse button to start a document link via the context menu.

As soon as you have linked the document with the record, you can run the document directly out of the detail array with a "double click". At this the parameters will be replaced by the ones of the linked record. Important for this is that the field names have been spelled correctly, or respectively exist in the form.