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 start BlueZone sessions.

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

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

Turning the launch pad border on or off
Turning the launch pad buttons on or off
Turning the launch pad toolbar on or off
Setting the default icon view of the launch pad
Selecting the launch pad text color
Selecting the launch pad background color
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 web server, navigate to the site and template folder that you want to change. For example:
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\MySite\template
Open launch_x.htm in any text editor.

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">

Edit the parameters as needed:
The first value, "LaunchPad", is set by the Wizard. All of the remaining values must be set manually:
LaunchPadBorder
Shows or hides the launch pad border. The values that can be set are:
- Yes: Shows the launch pad border.
- No: Hides the launch pad border.
If you leave this values blank, it is the equivalent of No.
LaunchPadButtons
Shows or hides the launch pad buttons. The values that can be set are:
- Yes: Shows the launch pad buttons.
- No: Hides the launch pad buttons.
If you leave this values blank, it is the equivalent of No.
LaunchPadToolbar
Shows or hides the launch pad toolbar. The values that can be set are:
- Yes: Shows the launch pad toolbar.
- No: Hides the launch pad toolbar.
If you leave this values blank, it is the equivalent of No.
LaunchPadView
Sets the way that the icons are viewed inside the launch pad. Values that can be set are:
- Large (default)
- Small
- List
- Details
LaunchPadForeground

Sets the text color that is used in the launch pad. The default color is black.
The value is set in hexadecimal code. The following example changes the text color to green:

<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadForeground" VALUE="#008000">

If you leave the color value blank, the default color is used.

LaunchPadBackground

Sets the background color of the launch pad. The default color is white.
The value is set in hexadecimal code. The following example changes the background color to black:

<PARAM NAME="LaunchPadBackground" VALUE="#000000">

If you leave the color value blank, the default color is used.
Save and close the file.
Create a launch folder in this site and test it by adding a session and starting the session using the Test BlueZone button.