{"id":245,"date":"2017-02-27T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T09:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/?p=245"},"modified":"2017-03-10T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:25:04","slug":"desktop-login-shortcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/desktop-login-shortcut\/","title":{"rendered":"Desktop Login Shortcut"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Want to Login More Quickly ?<\/h2>\n<p>If you are operating in a secure environment and have multiple projects, you may want to launch WorkBench faster from a Windows Desktop shortcut.<\/p>\n<p>Configure the shortcut for an individual Cradle user with\u00a0 &#8220;-login USERNAME,PASSWORD,PROJ-CODE &#8221; for Cradle&#8217;s WorkBench.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/windows_shortcut1.png\" alt=\"Ediiting shortcut properties for login\" width=\"200\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/windows_shortcut1.png 347w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/windows_shortcut1-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For an even faster connection, you could also specify -cds thus alleviating WorkBench from searching for a server. (Without this parameter WorkBench will broadcast and await a response from an available CDS before connecting)<\/p>\n<p>Configure with &#8220;-cds HOSTNAME\/IP-ADDRESS&#8221; and give the host or IP address of the server running the CDS (Cradle Database Server).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-245-1\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shortcuts.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shortcuts.mp4\">https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shortcuts.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>If you are running from Linux, you can also use these parameters.\u00a0 When launching WorkBench from the command line use c_work and the -login and -cds parameters.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/desktop-login-shortcut\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fdesktop-login-shortcut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to Login More Quickly ? 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