Defining User Defaults for Solar Eclipse

If your company uses the Solar Eclipse graphical user interface, access the Solar Eclipse User Maintenance window to define additional defaults for the user. For example, Solar Eclipse can play different tunes that identify the types of messages you receive.

Each user is allowed one Solar Eclipse license per machine up until you reach your license count.

To define user defaults for Solar Eclipse:

  1. From the System > System Files > User Control menu, select User Maintenance to display the User Maintenance window.

  2. In the User ID field, enter a user's ID to display the corresponding record.

  3. From the Maintenance menu, select Solar Eclipse Options to display the Solar Eclipse User Maintenance window.

  4. In the Solar Main Menu field, select the default main menu to display for this user. If you leave this field blank, the system displays the user's root menu defined for the character-based system.

  5. In the Custom Toolbar Template field, select the user's default template for the user-defined toolbar.

  6. In the Notification Soundsarea, indicate what tune to play for each option:

  1. In the Windows Login Credentials and Options area, define the following:

This option is only enabled when the Windows LDAP (Active Directory) Servers control maintenance record is defined.

Note: The Enable Windows Direct Login and Only Allow LDAP Login to Solar Eclipse are not mutually exclusive. You can select one or both.

  1. Click OK to save this information and return to the User Maintenance window.

  2. Save the user record.

Note: Users must log out and back in for new parameters to take effect.

See Also:

Additional User Record Information Overview

Creating User Records