CIS user interface efficiency trick

I stumbled on this a while back and today thought some may benefit from this little trick.

In the past, every time I launched the CIS app, it would look to the client.ini and open the last server and site. In our relatively small environment, there was only a 1 in 10 chance that the correct site would be displayed. Yes, it is easy to change the server and/or site, but it still annoyed me.

Here is what I figured out. Once you have your client config exactly like you want it, go to the client directory on your local computer, in my case it is…

C:cloverleafcis6.0integratorclient

Open the client.ini file in notepad or your favorite editor scroll down to the section of the file with your username. It should look something like this…

[user_stroutm]

hosts=clover3,clover1

last_remote=true

last_host=hci3

last_environ=/cis/cloverleaf/cis6.0/integrator/tmfadt

Remove the value for last_host and last_environ (bolded above).

Save and close the file and then change the file attribute to read-only.

Now every time you log in, you will be prompted to select the server and site you want to open.

Enjoy,

Mike

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