26.1 Modifying Gadget Configuration Settings

Within the exteNd Director portal administration utility, there are two places that you can modify the Launch gadget configuration settings: the ZENworks Applications page and the ZENworks Launch gadget object.

26.1.1 Configuring Gadget Settings on the ZENworks Application Page

  1. Log in to the portal as a portal administrator.

  2. Click Administer the portal.

  3. Click Pages.

  4. Select the ZENworks Application page, then click Edit.

  5. In the gadget assignments list, select ZENworks applications, then click Edit to display the Gadget Assignment Configuration page.

  6. Modify the configuration settings. For a description of each setting, see ZENworks Launch Gadget (OD_ZENLaunchGadget) Settings.

26.1.2 Configuring Gadget Settings on the Launch Gadget Object

  1. Log in to the portal as a portal administrator.

  2. Click Administer the portal.

  3. Click Gadgets.

  4. Select OD_ZENLaunchGadget, then click Edit.

  5. Click Configuration to display the Gadget Configuration page.

  6. Modify the configuration settings. For a description of each setting, see ZENworks Launch Gadget (OD_ZENLaunchGadget) Settings

26.1.3 ZENworks Launch Gadget (OD_ZENLaunchGadget) Settings

The Launch gadget has the following configuration settings:

Display name: Specifies the name used when displaying the gadget on the portal page. This field is available only if you are editing a gadget assignment rather than the gadget object.

Window height: Specifies the height of the window that lists the applications. If the application list is too long to fit in the window, the window provides a vertical scroll bar. The default setting is 198 pixels.

Novell Client authentication host server: Specifies the IP address of DNS host name of the server to be used when authenticating to eDirectory through the Novell Client™. This setting overrides (and changes) the user's current Novell Client configuration setting.

XTier authentication host server: Specifies the IP address of DNS host name of the server where the ZENworks Middle Tier server is installed. The Middle Tier servers enables access to Novell eDirectory without the Novell Client. This setting overrides (and changes) the user's current Middle Tier server configuration setting.

XTier port: Specifies the number of the Middle Tier server. This setting overrides (and changes) the user's current Middle Tier server configuration setting.

Display thin-client applications: Specifies whether or not to display terminal server applications in the list. The default is TRUE.

Display workstation installed applications: Specifies whether or not to display desktop applications in the list. The default is TRUE.

Display large icons: Specifies whether application icons are displayed in the Windows small icon format or in large icon format. The default is FALSE, which means small icon format is used.

Number of columns: This setting applies only if Display large icons is set to TRUE. It specifies the number of columns to use when displaying the icons. The default is 4.

ICA template file: Specifies the file that contains default initialization information for the Citrix ICA Client program. The settings in the file are overwritten with information from IMA database, NFuse.conf, and gadget settings. The default file is OnDemandTemplate.ica, located in the tomcat\webapps\nps\portal\gadgets\com.novell.ondemand.gadgets.ZenLaunchGadget directory.

ICA window type: Specifies the type of window used by the ICA client when launching applications. The default is seamless. Other possible values are: percent, pixels, fullscreen. If you specify percent, you must use the ICA Percent setting to specify the size. If you specify pixels, you must use the ICA Width and ICA Height settings to specify the size.

ICA width: This setting applies only when ICA Window Type is set to pixels. Specify the width of the ICA client window in pixels. The default is 640 pixels.

ICA height: This setting applies only when ICA Window Type is set to pixels. Specify the height of the ICA client window in pixels. The default is 480 pixels.

ICA percent: This setting applies only when ICA Window Type is set to percent. Specify the percentage of the user's screen to be used by the ICA client window. The default is 25 percent.

ICA color depth: Specifies the color settings used by the ICA client when launching applications. Possible values are:

  • 1 — 16 colors

  • 2 — 256 colors

  • 4 — high color (16-bit)

  • 8 — true color (24 -bit)

The default is 2.

ICA audio: Specifies whether ICA client support for audio is turned on or off. The default is off.

Production context attribute: This setting applies only in an environment with multiple eDirectory trees. Typically, in this type of environment, one tree is used for authentication and is synchronized with the production tree via Nsure™ Identity Manager.

In order for the Launch gadget to authenticate to the production tree, you must use the ConsoleOne® Schema Manager to create a new attribute (for example ProductionContext) and assign it to the User object (class). Create the attribute as a single valued string. After you create and assign it to the User object, set the attribute's value to the base context of the users in the production tree, formatted as Typeless Dot notation. For example: users.department.company.

After setting up the attribute in ConsoleOne, use this setting to specify the attribute name (for example, ProductionContext).