Customizing the Application Window and Application Explorer Views
You can customize the appearance of the Application Window and Application Explorer views by replacing the following graphics elements:
- The startup screen (Application Window and Application Explorer)
- The Application Explorer desktop icons used to represent connected mode and disconnected mode
- The Application Explorer system tray icons used to represent idle, offline, and refreshing
- The AVI file used during the distribution and caching processes (Application Window and Application Explorer)
- The AVI file used during the uninstall process (Application Window and Application Explorer)
- The Novell® banner in the lower-right corner of the Application Window and Application Explorer window
- The 12 system tray icons used to animate a refresh (Application Window and Application Explorer)
Each graphics file must have a specific name and must be placed in the c:\program files\novell\zenworks\graphics directory.
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Create the new graphics elements you want, using the information in the following table.
Startup screen |
splash.bmp |
Desktop icon - connected mode |
desktop.ico |
Desktop icon - disconnected mode |
offlinedesktop.ico |
System tray icon - idle |
systray.ico |
System tray icon - disconnected mode |
offlinesystray.ico |
Distribution and caching process |
progress.avi |
Uninstall process |
uninstall.avi |
Novell banner |
minibanner.bmp |
System tray icons - refresh animation |
refresh1.bmp - refresh12.bmp |
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Create a \graphics directory under the c:\program files\novell\zenworks directory on each user's workstation (for example, c:\program files\novell\zenworks\graphics).
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Copy the new graphics files to the \graphics directory.
HINT: To avoid manually creating the directory and copying the files to each user's workstation, create a simple Application object that creates the \graphics directory and copies the files to it. Then associate the Application object with each user (or workstation) and mark it as Force Run.