Modifying the launch pad

The launch pad is a BlueZone Web-to-Host graphical presentation feature. The launch pad enhances the look and functionality of a plain web page by the use of Windows type controls and GUI icons that are used to display and launch BlueZone sessions.

Use launch pad when you require many host sessions and you want to present the sessions as icons that can be launched individually at the user's convenience.

Configuration method: Manual configuration

Feature scope: Site-level feature

The launch pad has several features that can be controlled or customized. These features are:

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Turning the launch pad border on or off

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Turning the launch pad buttons on or off

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Turning the launch pad toolbar on or off

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Setting the default icon view of the launch pad

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Selecting the launch pad text color

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Selecting the launch pad background color

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Enabling a launch pad watermark image in the background

The launch pad features are controlled through the object tag settings. If you modify the object tag located in the template folder, then all new launch pages that are created by the Wizard contain these modified settings.

On the machine where the BlueZone Web-to-Host Wizard is installed, navigate to the following location:

C:\Program Files\SEAGULL\BlueZone Web-to-Host\4.2

Locate the \template folder.

Open launch_x.htm in Notepad.

Locate the following block of code:

<PARAM NAME="LaunchPad" VALUE="Yes">
<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadBorder" VALUE="Yes">
<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadButtons" VALUE="Yes">
<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadToolbar" VALUE="Yes">
<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadView" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadForeground" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadBackground" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadWatermark" VALUE="bz.jpg">

The first value, "LaunchPad", is set by the Wizard. All the remaining values must be set manually.

The first four options are either turned on by setting the value to "Yes" or turned off by setting the value to "No".

The settings for the remaining parameters are listed below.

LaunchPadView

Sets the way that the icons are viewed inside the launch pad. Values that can be set are:

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Large (default)

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Small

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List

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Details

LaunchPadForeground

Sets the color of text that appears inside the launch pad. The default is black. To change the color, type the RGB value expressed in the following HTML format:

#FFFFFF = White

LaunchPadBackground

Sets the color of the background of the launch pad. The default is white. To change the color, type the RGB value expressed in the following HTML format:

#FF0000 = Red

Consult any HTML color chart for values.

Note

If you leave a Yes/No value blank, it is equivalent to "No". If you leave a color value blank, the default color will be used.

When you are finished making your desired changes, save and close the file.

Create a new launch folder in this site and test it by adding a session and launching the session using the Test BlueZone button. The launch pad should contain your changes.