How To Sign On

To sign on to Collect!, you need the ID and Password assigned to you by your System Administrator. If you receive a message from Collect! that the ID is invalid, please ask your Systems Administrator for help.

If you are the only one using Collect!, you can use Collect!'s default signon Operator ID - OWN and the Password - own. For information about ID's and Passwords, please refer to Help topics associated with the Operator form.

Start Up

When Collect! starts, the Collect! splash screen is displayed. If startup has been automated for your system, you may not see this screen. Collect! may take you directly to another screen, such as Work In Progress.

Whenever Collect! does display the splash screen, it is necessary to enter a valid ID and Password to sign on. Next, you will come to the Welcome to Collect! screen. Press the START buttong to enter the Collect! program. Although a few very rudimentary features are accessible at this point, it is not possible to access any database information until you have actually opened a database. You will notice almost all of the submenu items, accessed from the menu bar topics, are disabled.

Signing On

When you see the Collect! splash screen, you can enter a valid ID and Password to sign into Collect! and register your logon with the CV11 Server.

Collect!'s Splash Screen and SignOn

To sign on:

1. Type your ID, then press the Tab key to move to the Password.

2. Type your Password, then press Tab to move to the OK button.

3. Then press the ENTER key to choose OK to sign on.

If you are successful, you will advance to one of Collect!'s other dialogs. The form that is displayed depends on settings that you have chosen or that have been chosen for you.

If you are signing in with an operator ID that has user level 99, you will see a cautionary message.

Signing on with User Level 99

The sign on prompt will only trigger once you log into a database since the operator user level information exists there. It will not prompt when you are using the default 99 level operator shipped with Collect!, that is, ID 99 with User Level 99.

It is advised that you get your user level changed to something other than level 99. This is set in the Operator Security form.

As Collect! takes you to the next form, it may pause briefly to update certain files. At this point, access rights and field aliases are set. If you see a message indicating indexing activity, Collect! is updating settings and you will advance to the next form momentarily. Please do not interrupt Collect!'s internal updating process. It is necessary for the correct functioning of several Collect! features.

Default Database

You can select a database to sign into using the SELECT DATABASE button in the Welcome to Collect! screen. If your selection is not the current default, Collect! will ask if you want to make this the default. If you select YES, the Database Preferences "Database" field is updated and your choice will become the new default database to open.

Default Database Prompt

See Also

- Introduction To Sign On
- Exclusive Mode
- Command Line Startup Options