INI Settings

This property page determines the .INI settings that Novell® Application LauncherTM/Explorer will create or delete when distributing the application to a workstation.

INI Settings
The INI Settings tree displays the .INI settings that will be modified when the application is distributed to the workstation. If you used a .AOT, .AXT, or .MSI file when creating the Application object, the tree automatically includes all .INI settings defined in those templates.

If there are additional INI settings you want created or deleted during distribution, you need to add the settings to the INI Settings tree and then specify the appropriate action (create or delete) in the Item Will field.

The INI Settings tree can include multiple INI files and each file can include multiple sections. When you add a setting to the INI Settings tree, you must add it to a file and section. This means that you may need to add new files and new sections to the tree before you can add new settings.

For example, assume that you want to add a CLASSPATH= setting to the ENVIRONMENT section of the SAMPLE.INI file. You would 1) add a file entry to the INI Settings tree for the SAMPLE.INI file, 2) add an ENVIRONMENT section under the SAMPLE.INI file, 3) add the CLASSPATH= setting under the ENVIRONMENT section, and 4) select the CLASSPATH= setting and choose the appropriate Create action in the Item Will field.

If, instead of adding the CLASSPATH=setting, you wanted to delete it, you would follow the same process but then choose the appropriate Delete action in the Item Will field.

File
This option lets you search for files, sections, or values in the INI Settings tree, import settings into the tree, export settings from the tree, or view a file's .INI settings.

Add
This option lets you add .INI settings to the INI Settings tree. Only settings displayed in the INI Settings tree will be created or deleted when the application is distributed. You can add a file to the tree, a section to a file, or a value to a section.

Once you've added a value to the INI Settings tree, you can use the Distribution Options list to determine whether or not it is created or deleted from the workstation. If the value needs to be created but the file or section does not exist, Application Launcher/Explorer will create the file or section before adding the value.

You can use a macro for a section name, value name, or value data.

Modify
You can modify a file's name, a section's name, or a value's name and data. Select the file, section, or value you want to modify > click Modify.

Delete
Select the file, section, or value you want to delete from the INI Settings tree > click Delete. When deleting a file or section, everything subordinate to it will also be deleted.

Distribution Options
The distribution options let you determine how individual .INI settings (included in the INI Settings tree) are handled during distribution of the application.

Item Will
Use this option to determine whether a setting will be created or deleted when the application is distributed. Select a value in the INI Settings tree > select one of the following options from the Item Will list:
Track Distribution Per User
If you have implemented roaming user profiles, use this option to ensure that particular INI settings are distributed to each workstation a user logs in to. You should enable this option for all INI settings that are not saved as part of roaming user profiles.

In the INI Settings list, select the desired INI modification > check Track Distribution Per User.

Distribute Always
By default, Application Launcher/Explorer will only distribute the .INI modifications defined in the INI Settings list at the following times:

To force Application Launcher/Explorer to distribute an INI modification each time the application is launched, select the INI setting in the INI Settings list > check Distribute Always.

If the user has a NALCACHE directory on his or her local machine, Application Launcher/Explorer uses the information stored in the NALCACHE directory to make the INI modification. If the user does not have a NALCACHE directory (for example, the user is running Application Launcher/Explorer through a terminal server client session) or if writing to the cache has been disabled for the user (User object > Application Launcher tab > Launcher Config tab > Enable Writing to Cache option), Application Launcher/Explorer uses the information stored in Novell eDirectoryTM.

Move Up / Move Down
Use these options to position sections and values in the order in which you want them to be created, modified, or deleted.

In the INI Settings tree, select the section or value to move > click Move Up or Move Down.


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