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I have a few users that need remote access to Dynamics GP. I was going to use a VPN and laptops with GP to connect them, but I saw a few posts here that warned against it. I can resort to using Remote Desktop (I already have a Windows 2003 Terminal Server with GP installed), but I would like to give them RDP shortcuts that automatically launch GP. Using the Remote Desktop 'Programs' tab I entered the program path and name as: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP\Dynamics.exe" Dynamics.set, but this gives me an error, "This launch file is invalid". How can I get GP to launch automatically through Remote Desktop? Thanks!
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Michael, and anyone else having this issue,
Encountered the same issue, and the fix, (at least on RDS 2012) is:
1. Right Click, and Edit Properties on the GP program under RemoteApp Programs, within the RDS Collection.
2. Click Parameters on the left.
3. Put Dynamics.set or the name (and path if it's not located in your Dynamics directory) of your .set file in the box under "Always use the following command-line parameters"
4. Click OK.
The only issue I've found with this, is that it keeps the username of the last user to log in.
I'm running into the same problem with the new Windows 2012 RemoteApp. Dynamics GP does not launch properly, because the Dynamics.set is not being passed to the application executable. I can launch the GP utilities, then from there go into GP... I'm just not able to use the GP icon directly . I really don't want to create a .bat file either... I would have figured Dynamics GP would be Terminal Services friendly
I am still interested in getting this working if anyone else can shed some light on the subject. Thanks!
They would still get any icons that are in the "Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu" and "Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop" folders.
Under "Documents and Settings\{user name}\desktop" you could delete all but the GP icon.
Aha!...yes, way off target...understand now. I'll take a look soonest.
Ian.
While I really appreciate your help, I believe you are a little off target. The problem is passing arguments through the Remote Desktop client. GP does, and always has, worked just fine on my Terminal Server. The only thing I am trying to do differently now is to launch it upon login using the 'Start the following program on connection' option in the Remote Desktop client. I have a few users that only need GP, and I don't want them to have access to other software on the Terminal Server. Using the 'Start the following program' option should launch GP upon login, and log them off when GP is closed, keeping them out of the other software.
Your program path is correct as "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP\Dynamics.exe" Dynamics.set
Thats all I can think of.....
Just saw your last post...some of the above isn't relevant. Its definately the icon. If you go through Start >> Programs >> Microsoft Dynamics >> GP...does it launch?
Yes it does.
At the workstation, log into remoted desktop, navigate to the GP application folder and drop the dynamics.set file on the .exe file. Does GP launch?
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