Automatic Login to Epicor

Overview:

When the user double-clicks on the program icon in the desktop, Epicor Login window will appear and ask the user to enter the user name and password. But you can modify the configuration setting file so the user can automatically login into the application.

Configuration setting file:

When the user double-clicks on the program icon in the desktop, the application must find the configuration setting file. This file defines the main setting for server application and client installation as well. These files located in the client installation folder under Config folder and you will find at least one file or more depending on your installation.

The extension of the configuration file is mfgsys.

Let’s suppose for any reasons the Epicor application server URL is changed so you will not be able to lunch the Epicor application unless you modified the configuration setting file by changing the APPServerURL value into the new server URL.

This file formatted as a XML and understood by the application and to prevent unwanted changes, Epicor provide Configuration Editor Tool which help you to modify this file.

Configuration Editor Tool:

This tool is located in the client installation folder as you can see below:

Automatic Login to Epicor:

1.    Double-clicks the ConfigEditor.exe for the client installation folder.

2.     It will ask you to select a file which you want to modify and let’s suppose you want to edit the default.mfgsys configuration file which refers to your production application.

3.    After select the file, open “user” tab.

4.    Enter your user name and password, press on the save button.

5.    Close the configuration editor.

6.    Now double-clicks on your production application’s icon and the application will not ask for the user name and password because you already put it the configuration setting file.