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--- other_stuff:using_remote_client [2016/12/07 13:15] – Adrian Boone
+++ other_stuff:using_remote_client [2021/03/31 15:10] – Gary Willetts
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-====== Using the mSupply Remote Client ======
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+====== 25.15. Using the mSupply remote client ======
 As well as using an mSupply client connecting to a local mSupply server, or using a standalone version of mSupply, it is possible to access a copy of mSupply running on a remotely hosted server. In this case, we use remote access software called TSplus (http://www.tsplus.net).
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-When you're finished, exit mSupply by using the //File -> Exit mSupply// menu item. If you simply use the //X// button at the top right of the session window, it will close the window but mSupply will continue to run on the server, and use a license which may be needed by someone else.
+When you're finished, exit mSupply by using the //File -> Exit mSupply// menu item. If you just use the //X// button at the top right of the session window, it will close the window but mSupply will continue to run on the server, and use a license which may be needed by someone else.
+After exiting mSupply, right-click on the empty desktop and click on the //Logout// button to close your session.
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 {{ :other_stuff:remote_access_universal_printer_01.png |}}
-==== PDF Printer ====
+==== PDF printer ====
 Foxit or some other virtual PDF printer driver will have been installed on the remote server. You can either:
   * select the //Printer// option and choose the virtual PDF printer driver as your printer - this will prompt you for a location to save the PDF file and then open it in the default PDF viewer (you may be prompted to choose either Foxit or Sumatra - the screen shots below use Foxit, but Sumatra is similar)
-  * select the //Preview// option - this will generate a PDF file in the default location (C:\mSupply client\Documents\temp) and then open it in the default PDF viewer
+  * select the //Preview// option - this will generate a PDF file in the default location (//C:\mSupply client\Documents\temp//) and then open it in the default PDF viewer
   * select the //PDF file on disk// option - this will generate a PDF file in the default location and open that folder, and then you can double-click on the file to open it in the default PDF viewer
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 {{ :other_stuff:remote_access_pdf_save_as_02.png |}}
+==== Exporting to Excel ====
+MS Office won't normally have been installed on the remote server, but Open Office will have been. The first time you try to export to Excel, you'll have to choose the location of "Excel" - in this case, it will be something like //C:\Program Files(x86)\Open Office 4\program\scalc.exe//.
+Select the //Export to Excel// option to open the report/form in Open Office:
+{{ :other_stuff:remote_access_excel_01.png |}}
+In the same way as for PDFs, you can select a local drive from the //File -> Save As// menu (either as an Open Office .ods document, or an Excel .xls document):
+{{ :other_stuff:remote_access_excel_save_as_01.png |}}
+===== Transferring data =====
+Dropbox will have been installed on the remote server, and can be used to transfer saved reports or other data between the server and any other computer which has access to the Dropbox account.
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