Modifying the launch pad

Use the 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.

About this task

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.

Procedure

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  2. On the web server, navigate to the site and template folder that you want to change. For example:
    C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\MySite\template
  3. Open launch_x.htm in any text editor.
  4. 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">
  5. 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.

  6. Save and close the file.
  7. Create a launch folder in this site and test it by adding a session and starting the session using the Test BlueZone button.