To create an Application object to apply the personality to users' workstations, you copy the information from an existing Application object.
In ConsoleOne®, right-click the container that you want to create the Application object in, click New, then click Object.
Click Application, then click OK.
Click An Application By Using an Existing Application Object.
Click Next, then browse to and select the Application object you want to duplicate (in this example, the CollectDNA object).
Click Next.
In the Object Name field, type a descriptive name for the new object (ApplyDNA, for example), then click Next.
If necessary, define the system requirements that a workstation must meet before the application is distributed to it, then click Next.
Associate the Application object with the users or workstations that you want to distribute the application to, click the Force Run check box, then click Next.
Review the settings for the Application object, select the Display Details After Creation check box, then click Finish.
Click the Run Options tab, then click Application.
In the Parameters field, type the following:
%DDNA_ACTION% %DDNA_DATA%\%DDNA_USER%\%DDNA_WS% /T %DDNA_SOURCE%\Templates\%DDNA_TEMPLATE% /X %DDNA_SILENT%
For example, using the sample directories explained above:
/A \\server1\vol\ddna\data\%DNA_User%\%DDNA_WS% /T \\server1\vol\ddna\templates\mydnatemplate.dtf /X %DDNA_SILENT%
The parameter is the same as the parameter for the CollectDNA Application object except the /D (create the DNA file) switch has been replaced with the /A (apply the DNA file) switch.
The following table contains information about each switch used in this parameter:
The following table contains information about each ApplyDNA macro in this parameter.
Click OK to save the Application object information.