Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App

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1 Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Version 1.0 Created June 11, 2012 If you can t launch Zangle FrontOffice in the way you re used to, you ll need to use Zangle_RemoteApp. If you ve been recently issued a computer running Windows 7, you ll likely need to launch Zangle FrontOffice using Zangle_RemoteApp. If you re currently using a computer running Windows XP, you can launch Zangle FrontOffice in the familiar way. However, after June 30, 2012, everyone will need to launch Zangle FrontOffice using Zangle_RemoteApp, no matter what operating system your computer is running. Staff using Zangle Web applications do not need to do anything differently. If you use Windows 7, your instructions begin on page 3. If you use Windows XP, your directions begin on page 26. WINDOWS Launching Zangle Remote App from the Start Button... 3 Creating a Shortcut to Zangle Remote App... 6 Changing Your Default Printer... 8 Saving a Report as a PDF file Log in to Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp Set RemoteApp-DefaultPrinter.rdp to CutePDF Writer Print Your Report in Zangle_RemoteApp Importing District Logo for Report Cards and Progress Reports Charter Schools and Logos Launching Another Session of Zangle Remote App on 1 Computer Logging Off Zangle Remote App From The Remote Server... 24

2 WINDOWS XP Launching Zangle Remote App from the Start Button Creating a Shortcut to Zangle Remote App Changing Your Default Printer Saving a Report as a PDF file Log in to Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp Set RemoteApp-DefaultPrinter.rdp to CutePDF Writer Print Your Report in Zangle_RemoteApp Importing District Logo for Report Cards and Progress Reports Charter Schools and Logos Launching Another Session of Zangle Remote App on 1 Computer Logging Off Zangle Remote App From The Remote Server... 43

3 Windows 7 If you can t launch Zangle FrontOffice in the way you re used to, you ll need to use Zangle_RemoteApp. If you ve been recently issued a computer running Windows 7, you ll likely need to launch Zangle FrontOffice using Zangle_RemoteApp. If you re currently using a computer running Windows XP, you can launch Zangle FrontOffice in the familiar way. However, after June 30, 2012, everyone will need to launch Zangle FrontOffice using Zangle_RemoteApp, no matter what operating system your computer is running. Staff using Zangle Web applications do not need to do anything differently to launch Zangle. LAUNCHING ZANGLE REMOTE APP FROM THE START BUTTON 2 Click All Programs. 1 Click the Start button. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 3

4 3 Click SDCS Applications. 4 Click Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp. A Connecting to farm1.sandi.net dialog box opens. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 4

5 5 Don t click anything on this dialog box! Please wait patiently for this dialog box to disappear. The familiar Select a School / Track / DBC box will appear shortly. 6 Launch Zangle as normal. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 5

6 CREATING A SHORTCUT TO ZANGLE REMOTE APP 2 Click All Programs. 1 Click the Start button. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 6

7 3 Click SDCS Applications. 4 Right-click Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp 5 Click Send to 6 Click Desktop (create shortcut). The shortcut appears somewhere on your desktop. Simply double-click this icon to launch Zangle. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 7

8 CHANGING YOUR DEFAULT PRINTER If you want to print from other than your default printer, you need to change your printer on Zangle Remote App before you print. You do this in the following way: 2 Click All Programs. 1 Click the Start button. 3 Click SDCS Applications. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 8

9 4 Click Zangle_RemoteAPP-DefaultPrinter.rdp. A Connecting to farm1.sandi.net dialog box opens. 5 Don t click anything on this dialog box! Please wait patiently for this dialog box to disappear. The Change Default Printer box will appear shortly. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 9

10 A list of all of your printers should appear. Notice that you current default printer has a green check mark. 6 Click the desired printer. 7 Click Set Default Printer. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 10

11 Notice the green check mark next to the printer you just selected to be your default printer. Note: You just changed the printer that Zangle Remote App will print to. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 11

12 SAVING A REPORT AS A PDF FILE If there is a report in Zangle that you d like to save to your hard drive and possibly print at a later time, you can do this as long as you save the report as a PDF first. However, this is a multistep process: 1. First, you ll launch Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp. 2. Then, you ll set your RemoteApp-DefaultPrinter.rdp to CutePDF Writer. 3. Next, you ll print your report from Zangle Remote App by saving it to your local drive first, not to the Remote desktop (where it would be lost), and then opening report from the saved location and then printing normally. 1. Log in to Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp Either follow Steps 1 6, beginning on page 3, or use the shortcut you created by the following the directions starting on page Set RemoteApp-DefaultPrinter.rdp to CutePDF Writer Follow Steps 1 7, beginning on page 6, making sure to click CutePDF Writer in Step 6: 3. Print Your Report in Zangle_RemoteApp Return to Zangle_RemoteApp and print your report. However, you will be prompted to save this file. Be careful not to simply save the file to the Desktop because anything on the Desktop of the Remote App will be gone when you logoff. Instead, navigate to one of the folders on your local hard drive, and save it there. For example, let s save and print the Enrollment Analysis report: Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 12

13 1 Select the desired report. In this example, select the Analysis/Enrollment report. 2 Configure the parameters and then click Create Pivot Table. Microsoft Excel launches and displays the report. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 13

14 3 Click the Office menu. 4 Click Print. 5 Click Quick Print. A Restrictions dialog box might open. 6 Click OK. A Save As dialog box opens. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 14

15 7 Click the drop-down menu to display the various drives you have acccess to. Important: Do not click Save! 8 Click the C-drive. This is your local hard drive. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 15

16 9 Double-click the folder on your C-drive where you ll want to save the file. In this example, we re going to save it inside a folder in the LOCAL DOCUMENTS folder. 10 You can drill down as far as you wish doubleclicking folders within folders, or you can save the report simply within (in this example) the LOCAL DOCUMENTS folder. In this example, we re going to save it inside one more folder on this computer, the Enrollment folder. Therefore, we ll double-click the Enrollment folder. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 16

17 11 Once you re ready to save the report, type a meaningful name in the File name field. In this example, we re going to name it AnalysisEnrollment May 21, Click Save. In this example, we re going to name it Analysis/Enrollment May 21, Now that the report is saved, we need to open that report from within the folder we just saved it to. 13 Click the Start button. 14 Click Computer. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 17

18 15 Navigate to where you saved the report. In the example here, I need to click OSDisk (C:), then click LOCAL DOCUMENTS, and then scroll down to find my Enrollment folder. 16 Click the folder that contains your saved report. (In this example, it is my Enrollment folder.) Notice that the contents of that folder appear in the right pane with the saved report at the top. 17 Double-click the saved report. (Notice that it is in PDF.) The report opens in either Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 18

19 Simply print the document in the normal fashion. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 19

20 IMPORTING DISTRICT LOGO FOR REPORT CARDS AND PROGRESS REPORTS When you print report cards or progress reports in Zangle launched from the Remote App, you will need to navigate to the folder that contains the district logo. Follow the steps below to navigate to the district logo for printing report cards or progress reports. Launch Zangle_ RemoteApp. Click Mark Reporting. Click Reports. Select Multi-Term Report Card. 1 Click the Logo button. 2 Click OK. You might have to do this multiple times. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 20

21 Carefully type the following in the File name field: C:\apps\zangle\current\bin\rptcard.bmp 3 4 Click Select. The district s logo now appears. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 21

22 CHARTER SCHOOLS AND LOGOS If you do not use the district logo in your report cards or progress reports, do not follow the steps immediately above. Instead, simply navigate to the folder on your local hard where you store your logo file. LAUNCHING ANOTHER SESSION OF ZANGLE REMOTE APP ON 1 COMPUTER There are times when one might want to launch a second session of Zangle on your computer. For example, a Site Tech might want to Process Marks for report cards or progress reports yet continue to work in other Zangle modules. In the past, some Site Techs might launch another session of Zangle on a second computer. However, doing so via Remote App would simply move the original Zangle session from the first computer over to the second computer. With Remote App, one simply launches a second session of Zangle on the same computer. First, launch Zangle Remote App (either from your Start button or the shortcut that you created), login, and click the appropriate buttons to open the desired application. In this example, Mark Processing: Next, launch Zangle Remote App again, going through the exact same login procedure as you did to launch the first Zangle Remote App session: Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 22

23 Another Zangle FrontOffice buttons displays: When you hover your mouse over the Remote Desktop Connection icon in the task bar, you see that there are now two Zangle FrontOffice panes available for you to choose. Switch sessions by simply hovering your mouse over the Remote Desktop Connection icon in the task bar and clicking the desired session: First Zangle Remote session. Hover your mouse over the Remote Desktop Connection icon to see the two Zangle Remote sessions. Second Zangle Remote session. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 23

24 LOGGING OFF ZANGLE REMOTE APP FROM THE REMOTE SERVER If at any time Zangle hangs up and won t respond to your commands, you want to log off using the following procedure. If you don t follow the procedure described immediately below, you could run into the problem of having Zangle still hung up when you relaunch Zangle Remote App. 2 Click All Programs. 1 Click the Start button. 3 Click SDCS Applications. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 24

25 4 Click Logoff_RemoteApp.rdp. Your Remote session is now ended. You can relaunch Zangle_RemoteApp and start a fresh session if you desire. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 25

26 Windows XP LAUNCHING ZANGLE REMOTE APP FROM THE START BUTTON 2 Click SDCS Applications. 3 Click Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp. A Connecting to farm1.sandi.net dialog box opens. 1 Click the Start button. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 26

27 4 Don t click anything on this dialog box! Please wait patiently for this dialog box to disappear. The familiar Select a School / Track / DBC box will appear shortly. 5 Launch Zangle as normal. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 27

28 CREATING A SHORTCUT TO ZANGLE REMOTE APP 2 Click SDCS Applications. 3 Right-click Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp 1 Click the Start button. 4 Click Create Shortcut. The shortcut is placed at the bottom of the SDCS Applications menu. Continue to Step 5 to place the shortcut on the desktop. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 28

29 5 Display the SDCS Applications menu, and then simply click and drag the shortcut to the desktop. The shortcut is now on your desktop. Double-click this icon to launch Zangle. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 29

30 CHANGING YOUR DEFAULT PRINTER If you want to print from other than your default printer, you need to change your printer on Zangle Remote App before you print. You do this in the following way: 2 Click SDCS Applications. 3 Click Zangle_RemoteAPP-DefaultPrinter.rdp. A Connecting to farm1.sandi.net dialog box opens. 1 Click the Start button. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 30

31 4 Don t click anything on this dialog box! Please wait patiently for this dialog box to disappear. The Change Default Printer box will appear shortly. A list of all of your printers should appear. Notice that you current default printer has a green check mark. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 31

32 5 Click the desired printer. 6 Click Set Default Printer. Notice the green check mark next to the printer you just selected to be your default printer. Note: You just changed the printer that Zangle Remote App will print to. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 32

33 SAVING A REPORT AS A PDF FILE. If there is a report in Zangle that you d like to save to your hard drive and possibly print at a later time, you can do this as long as you save the report as a PDF first. However, this is a multistep process: 1. First, you ll launch Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp. 2. Then, you ll set your RemoteApp-DefaultPrinter.rdp to CutePDF Writer. 3. Next, you ll print your report from Zangle Remote App by saving it to your local drive first, not to the Remote desktop (where it would be lost), and then opening report from the saved location and then printing normally. 1. Log in to Zangle_RemoteApp.rdp Either follow Steps 1 5, beginning on page 26, or use the shortcut you created by the following the directions starting on page Set RemoteApp-DefaultPrinter.rdp to CutePDF Writer Follow Steps 1 6, beginning on page 28, making sure to click CutePDF Writer in Step 5: 3. Print Your Report in Zangle_RemoteApp Return to Zangle_RemoteApp and print your report. However, you will be prompted to save this file. Be careful not to simply save the file to the Desktop because anything on the Desktop of the Remote App will be gone when you logoff. Instead, navigate to one of the folders on your local hard drive, and save it there. For example, let s save and print the Enrollment Analysis report: Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 33

34 1 Select the desired report. In this example, select the Analysis/Enrollment report. 2 Configure the parameters and then click Create Pivot Table. Microsoft Excel launches and displays the report. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 34

35 3 Click the Office menu. 4 Click Print. 5 Click Quick Print. A Restrictions dialog box might open. 6 Click OK. A Save As dialog box opens. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 35

36 7 Click the drop-down menu to display the various drives you have acccess to. Important: Do not click Save! 8 Click the C-drive. This is your local hard drive. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 36

37 9 Double-click the folder on your C-drive where you ll want to save the file. In this example, we re going to save it inside a folder in the LOCAL DOCUMENTS folder. 10 You can drill down as far as you wish doubleclicking folders within folders, or you can save the report simply within (in this example) the LOCAL DOCUMENTS folder. In this example, we re going to save it inside one more folder on this computer, the Enrollment folder. Therefore, we ll double-click the Enrollment folder. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 37

38 11 Once you re ready to save the report, type a meaningful name in the File name field. In this example, we re going to name it AnalysisEnrollment May 21, Click Save. In this example, we re going to name it Analysis/Enrollment May 21, Now that the report is saved, we need to open that report from within the folder we just saved it to. 1. The file is now saved on your local C-drive. 2. Navigate to that folder and open that PDF file you just saved. 3. Print that file in the conventional way. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 38

39 IMPORTING DISTRICT LOGO FOR REPORT CARDS AND PROGRESS REPORTS When you print report cards or progress reports in Zangle launched from the Remote App, you will need to navigate to the folder that contains the district logo. Follow the steps below to navigate to the district logo for printing report cards or progress reports. Launch Zangle_ RemoteApp. Click Mark Reporting. Click Reports. Select Multi-Term Report Card. 1 Click the Logo button. 2 Click OK. You might have to do this multiple times. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 39

40 Carefully type the following in the File name field: C:\apps\zangle\current\bin\rptcard.bmp 3 4 Click Select. The district s logo now appears. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 40

41 CHARTER SCHOOLS AND LOGOS If you do not use the district logo in your report cards or progress reports, do not follow the steps immediately above. Instead, simply navigate to the folder on your local hard where you store your logo file. LAUNCHING ANOTHER SESSION OF ZANGLE REMOTE APP ON 1 COMPUTER There are times when one might want to launch a second session of Zangle on your computer. For example, a Site Tech might want to Process Marks for report cards or progress reports yet continue to work in other Zangle modules. In the past, some Site Techs might launch another session of Zangle on a second computer. However, doing so via Remote App would simply move the original Zangle session from the first computer over to the second computer. With Remote App, one simply launches a second session of Zangle on the same computer. First, launch Zangle Remote App (either from your Start button or the shortcut that you created), login, and click the appropriate buttons to open the desired application. In this example, Mark Processing: Next, launch Zangle Remote App again, going through the exact same login procedure as you did to launch the first Zangle Remote App session: Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 41

42 Another Zangle FrontOffice buttons displays: When you examine your task bar, you see two Zangle FrontOffice icons (Zangle Fr ) displayed. The one you just launched (the second session) is active; notice the icon on the right appears depressed. Switch session by simply clicking another icon in the task bar. First Zangle Remote session. Second Zangle Remote session. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 42

43 LOGGING OFF ZANGLE REMOTE APP FROM THE REMOTE SERVER If at any time Zangle RemoteApp hangs up and won t respond to your commands, you want to log off using the following procedure. If you don t follow the procedure described immediately below, you could run into the problem of having Zangle still hung up when you relaunch Zangle RemoteApp. 2 Click SDCS Applications. 1 Click the Start button. 3 Click Logoff_RemoteApp.rdp. Your Remote session is now ended. You can relaunch Zangle_RemoteApp and start a fresh session if you desire. Using Zangle via Zangle Remote App Page 43