haha...Thanks Rob. It's more complex than I originally thought.
Our staff usually shutdown their computer when they go home. So I just use
the lastLoginDate to roughly say they are in office or not.
Thanks,
Dennis
"Rob Oldfield" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
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> I'm at least partly guessing here.... but I think it's always going to
> come
> down to how you define 'in the office'
>
> Even if you figure out how to access AD information (which I've never seen
> explained sensibly - decent guide to LDAP queries anyone?) then I think
> that's just going to give you 'last login date/time' which I don't think
> is
> going to do the job.
>
> Alternative method... at login write that information back to a central
> log
> file (we use ScriptLogic where that functionality is built in, if you
> don't
> have a scripting tool then that it might need some work). Your
> receptionist's app then just has to look at that file, find the last login
> time for the staff member and show that to the receptionist (i.e. simple
> read of a text file)
>
> I'd have to say that a board down in the entrance hall where staff
> manually
> slide a little piece of wood to say that they're either in or out is going
> to be more reliable. And if it doesn't work then you can blame them.
>
>
> "BVM" <DennisH@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
> news:OkOdYOHwEHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Thanks, Can you tell me how?
>>
>> Dennis Huang
>>
>> "Chang" <pohihihi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uoYyTtGwEHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>> > If you have access rights to AD structure then you can try that.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Peter Rilling" <peter@nospam.rilling.net> wrote in message
>> > news:OLuCgoGwEHA.376@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >>I don't know what the organizational rules are for your company as far[/color][/color]
> as[color=green][color=darkred]
>> >> processes go, but a person logged into a machine does not necessarily
>> >> mean
>> >> they are in the building. A person may just lock their computer when
>> >> they
>> >> leave.
>> >>
>> >> "BVM" <DennisH@TBH.com.au> wrote in message
>> >> news:eQa1HZGwEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >> Hi, Friends:
>> >>
>> >> Our reception lady wants to know if a staff is in office or not when a
>> >> call
>> >> comes in. I think if this staff has logged on to the network, he[/color][/color]
> probably[color=green][color=darkred]
>> >> in
>> >> office. Otherwise he is not in office. So given by a staff login ID,[/color][/color]
> how[color=green][color=darkred]
>> >> can
>> >> I know if the staff has logged in to the network?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Dennis
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >[/color]
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