Running Personify on a Mac

Can you run Personify on Mac OS X? Nope. That's usually not a problem as the people who use Macs at an association usually don't need access to the AMS.

However, if you really need to have Personify (or TIMSS) on a Mac, there is a program for you can buy that allows you to run Windows applications on a Mac called Parallels Desktop for Mac: http://www.parallels.com/ .

You don't even have to reboot your machine as it runs in "parallel". And since it is an actual install of Windows and not just an emulation, it works just like the real thing. For $80, it a bargain.

Applies to: TIMSS5, TIMSS6, & Personify

Personify: Passing info to a Web browser URL

One of the things I like to show off with the Partner integrations in Personify is pulling up a customer in Personify and having a tab that has a Web browser window which pulls up that customer's information in the partner application.

This is done by simply creating a tab with a Web Browser control on it. The key is in the Code behind the screen and when calling the Open method with the the master customer id added to the URL.

WebBrowser1.Open(String.Concat("http://tma.higherlogic.com/Personify.aspx?MasterCustomerId=", Context.MasterCustomerId, "&SubCustomerId=", Context.SubCustomerId))


So this will open a tab with the current customer's information. VERY COOL!

Obviously the URL you are calling will need to know what to do with the master customer id to pull display their informaiton. You will also want include code to refresh the browser window when you change customers.

Applies to: Personify