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Remote Access Approach

 		2/7/2021 8:12:47 PM
PHPRunner General questions
R
 RBrogen author

Hi Everyone,
I have a situation I would love to get some experienced input on.
My scenario is that I have a form "Agreement" that I want to give the client who is listed on the agreement a link to which they could click, login to my application, have their form open in edit mode and e-sign using the signature pad field I have and enter the date they sign and save it. I'm using Active Directory integration for logins. I do pre-create the client Active Directory account and can login to the application and view/edit the form.
What I'm wondering, given that I'm using Active Directory, is there a way to generate an auto login link that would log the client in and open the form in edit mode to make it really easy for the client to sign their agreement.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Randy
D
 		DealerModulesDevClub member 2/7/2021

Hi Randy,
If I am understanding you correctly, you want to create a login link available to all users in an Active Directory network.
To create the login link for your active directory users, you can use Group Policy that is a part of all Window's Active Directory.

Below is a link that will describe how to push out the icon and hyperlink to all users desktops.
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-push-shortcuts-to-the-desktop-with-group-policy
If you are trying to figure out the auto-login part, since they are already logged into their computer using their active directory credentials, maybe this link may help from the admin.
https://asprunner.com/forums/topic/26608-auto-login-passing-username-and-password-via-url/pagefromsearch1
Paul
R
 		RBrogen author 2/7/2021



Hi Randy,
If I am understanding you correctly, you want to create a login link available to all users in an Active Directory network.
To create the login link for your active directory users, you can use Group Policy that is a part of all Window's Active Directory.

Below is a link that will describe how to push out the icon and hyperlink to all users desktops.
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-push-shortcuts-to-the-desktop-with-group-policy
If you are trying to figure out the auto-login part, since they are already logged into their computer using their active directory credentials, maybe this link may help from the admin.
https://asprunner.com/forums/topic/26608-auto-login-passing-username-and-password-via-url/pagefromsearch1
Paul


Hey Paul,
Thanks so much for taking the time out to reply. The users are actually not normally logged into my AD because they are external clients not associated with my company internal network. They would only use this link to sign an agreement form when we do a job with them. I created a client OU in AD to test my remote link. Ultimately what I would like to be able to do as soon as I generate the agreement in my application, I click a button that sends an email to the client with a link that they can click and open the form up and sign it without having to login.
Thanks again,

Randy
D
 		DealerModulesDevClub member 2/8/2021



Hey Paul,
Thanks so much for taking the time out to reply. The users are actually not normally logged into my AD because they are external clients not associated with my company internal network. They would only use this link to sign an agreement form when we do a job with them. I created a client OU in AD to test my remote link. Ultimately what I would like to be able to do as soon as I generate the agreement in my application, I click a button that sends an email to the client with a link that they can click and open the form up and sign it without having to login.
Thanks again,

Randy


Hi Randy,
We probably will need someone else to chime in with an answer to this.
What I would think you would need to do is similar to what the invoice template does:
Here is a link: https://xlinesoft.com/livedemo/invoice/livedemo1/invoices_view.php?hash=ba32e01651176c2c8d4bd460ada858c1
Similar to the button that says, "Send Invoice". It would send out an email and create a security hash that only that specific user can access that specific record.
When you visit the above link, look at the URL and you will see the hash that I am talking about.
Sorry I don't have the complete answer. Just giving my feedback.
Paul
R
 		RBrogen author 2/8/2021



Hi Randy,
We probably will need someone else to chime in with an answer to this.
What I would think you would need to do is similar to what the invoice template does:
Here is a link: https://xlinesoft.com/livedemo/invoice/livedemo1/invoices_view.php?hash=ba32e01651176c2c8d4bd460ada858c1
Similar to the button that says, "Send Invoice". It would send out an email and create a security hash that only that specific user can access that specific record.
When you visit the above link, look at the URL and you will see the hash that I am talking about.
Sorry I don't have the complete answer. Just giving my feedback.
Paul


Hey Paul

No worries at all ... thank you very much for taking the time to respond ... all ideas are welcome and appreciated. I'll take a look at that link.

Randy