How to customize the CA Plex logon screen TCP/IP dialog

Products

• CA Plex

Issue/Introduction

How to customize the logon screen TCP/IP dialog for CA Plex?

Environment

CA Plex 7.2.1 and 7.3

Resolution

The following details are for customizing TPC/IP Connection dialog as per WinC/RPG variant.
 
Option #1. To disable Save Password check box only.

Rename/move Ob721JR.dll from Plex installation.
 
Option #2. To disable Save User Id, Save System and Save Password options.

We have not verified this at our end, keep the backup of original file.

Note: Considering language English – so picked up OB721LNC.ENG. User has to pick the file according to system regional language. 

• Take a backup of Ob721lnc.ENG in Plex installation.
• Copy Ob721lnc.ENG in some temporary location.
• Rename Ob721lnc.ENG to Ob721lnc.DLL
• Open Ob721lnc.DLL as a file, in Visual Studio
• This will open a resource view, Expand Dialog folder and double click on dialog id – 201

Double click the Dialog ID 201, the following UI will appear. Select appropriate Check box as required in TCP/IP connection dialog box and set Visible property to ‘False’ as highlight below.
 

• Once required changes are done, save the file
• Now, rename the file Ob721lnc.dll to Ob721lnc.ENG
• Move this file from temporary location to Plex installation
• Launch the application and verify