This property page determines the Application object's icon that Novell® Application LauncherTM/Explorer displays on a workstation. You can give the application icon a title, select the graphic to use for the icon, and give the icon a display order and force run priority. You can determine whether or not Application Launcher/Explorer should continue to display the Application object on the workstation when the user has disconnected from NDS®.
Application Icon Title
Enter the text you want to appear as
the title for the Application object's icon wherever the icon is
displayed. If necessary, you can use the Description page (Identification
tab) for longer descriptions of the application.
Application Icon
Select the icon you want to appear
wherever the Application object's icon is displayed. If you do not specify
an icon, a default Application object icon is used.
Disconnectable
Select this option to mark the application as being able to be run on a workstation
that is disconnected from NDS.
IMPORTANT: The application must be distributed to the workstation before the user can run it in disconnected mode, or the application must be cached on the workstation. You can force the application to be distributed on the workstation by selecting the Force Run characteristic (Associations page). You can force the application to be cached to the workstation by selecting the Force Cache characteristic (Associations page).
Wait on Force Run
This option applies only if the
application and at least one other application are using the Force Run
option (Associations page).
Select this option to force the application to wait until the preceding application terminates. The application order is defined in the Order Icon Display (Also Determines Force Run Priority) field. Reboots will be queued until the final application has terminated.
Order Icon Display (Also Determines Force Run Priority)
This option dictates the order in which applications set as Force Run will be
started. Select this option to enable it, and then use the Order list to select
the application's icon order and Force Run priority.
Order
You control the order in which the application is started by entering a numeric value in the Order box. A value of zero gives the application the highest priority. The maximum value is 999. For example, if you want this application to start after two other applications that have been given the order of 0 and 1, you would enter 2 in the Order box.Application Launcher will run the application without waiting for the previously started application to terminate, unless the Wait on Force Run option is enabled.
Show Progress
This option displays a progress bar to users anytime an application is distributed
to or removed from their workstations. Turn off this option if you are distributing
only a small change to an application, such as a registry modification. Turn
on this option if you are distributing or removing a large application and want
to give the user an idea of how long the process will take.
With this option turned off, if the workstation must be rebooted to complete the installation process and the Prompt for Reboot setting is enabled (Distribution Options tab > Options page), the user will not be prompted and the workstation will automatically reboot. The same is true if the workstation must be rebooted to complete the uninstall process and the Prompt User Before Uninstall setting is enabled (Common tab > Uninstall page).
User Interface Level
This option appears only if the Application object uses a Microsoft* Windows* Installer (.MSI) package. During distribution of a .MSI Application object, Application Launcher/Explorer launches Windows Installer to install the application. As a result, rather than showing the standard Application Launcher/Explorer installation progress bar, Windows Installer uses the installation user interface established for the .MSI package. You can use the following settings to determine the amount of user interface the Windows Installer will display during installation
- Default: Displays an appropriate user interface level (as choosen by Windows Installer).
- Silent: Displays no user interface.
- Progress: Displays simple progress information and error messages/prompts.
- Reduced: Displays full user interface with Wizard dialog boxes suppressed.
- Full: Displays full user interface (Wizard dialog boxes, progress information, error messages and prompts, and so forth).
Application Launcher/Explorer passes the selected setting to Windows Installer as a startup parameter. For more information about these settings, see the Microsoft Windows Installer documentation.
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