7.0 Creating the Application Object to Apply the Personality

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:

Switch	Description	Parameters
/T	Uses a template to specify migration settings.	Template file to use for this migration.
/M	Starts the migration.
/X	Exits Desktop DNA ZENworks Edition when migration is completed unless an error occurred.

The following table contains information about each ApplyDNA macro in this parameter.

Macro	Value	Description
DDNA_ACTION	/A	Applies a personality to a workstation
DDNA_DATA	UNC path to the ddnadata share or directory	Specifies the directory where the personality file will be copied to or retrieved from
DDNA_SILENT	/Q or Empty	/Q: Silently performs the action Empty: Provides a progress dialog box as the action is performed
DDNA_SOURCE	UNC path to the ddnarun share or directory	Directory where the Desktop DNA executable is located
DDNA_TEMPLATE	Template file	Filename of the template file to use
DDNA_USER	%CN%	User name of the current user
DDNA_WS	%DNA_MACHINE_NAME%	Workstation machine name

Click OK to save the Application object information.