Index

Numbers and Symbols

? wildcard character

* wildcard character

%DatabaseHost%

%DisplayHost%

%LocalHost%

%SessionHost%

?Xconfig file

setting language with

A

action definition file, created by Create Action

action file

contents

creating

definition

action icon

creating

required by desktop

Action Icons controls, in Create Action

Action Name field in Create Action

action search path

See database search path

action servers

See database servers

actionIcon resource

actions

accepting dropped file or prompting

accepting dropped files

accepting multiple dropped files

argument count restrictions

arguments

arguments, non-file

associating icon with

associating with data types

COMMAND

configuration files

creating icons for applications

creating manually

default icon

default terminal

different double-click and drop functionality

editing

environment variables

example

execution string

file arguments

files representing

See action file

icons for

icons representing

integrated with dtappintegrate

interchangeable arguments

introduction

labels

limitations of Create Action

localized

MAP

mapping

modifying

name

no arguments

no display output

non-file arguments

non-interchangeable arguments

parameters

See arguments

precedence rules

prompting for file

providing shells

reason to create manually

relationship to data types

reloading

required for registration

restricted by data type

restricting arguments

running as different user

running other actions

running remote applications

search path

See database search path

server for

string variables in

terminal options

terminal support for

TT_MSG

types of

used by Front Panel

used in menus

uses

variables in definitions

window support

windowing support for

without data

ACTIONS field

activeColorSetId resource

ALTERNATE_ICON field

AND operator in MODE field

ANIMATION definition

animation for Front Panel

AnswerBook documentation, adding from network

app-defaults

desktop applications

language-dependent

app_root

See application root directory

/appconfig

/app-defaults

Apple Macintosh Application Environment

application groups

action for

administering

contents

creating in registration package

customizing

data types for

default

definition

directories for

example of creating

gathering

icons for

integrated with dtappintegrate

names

naming

personal

precedence

readme files

system-wide

application icon

creating

double-clicking

dropped files

required by desktop

using Create Action

Application Manager

adding applications

description

file system location

gathering applications

general administration

integrating applications with

precedence rules

symbolic links

updating

application package

See registration package

application registration

See registration

application resources

See resources

application root directory

application search path

assembling

default

definition

environment variables

localized

modifying

modifying precedence

personal

reason for modifying

syntax

system-wide

used to gather applications

application servers

adding

administering

availability of applications

client of

configuring

configuring client of

definition

standard configuration

application window, associating icon with

applications

actions required

adding to Application Manager

adding to existing application groups

adding without registering

app_root directory

creating icons for

data types required

desktop-smart

features of registration

gathered by Session Manager

gathering

gathering into Application Manager

purpose for data types

registered, definition

registering

See registration

reloading

removing

root directory

running locally across mounts

search path

starting at login

un-registering

ways to add

Arg_1 syntax

ARG_CLASS field

ARG_COUNT field

ARG_MODE field

Arg_n syntax

ARG_TYPE field

printing

arguments

for actions

interchangeable for actions

multiple for actions

non-file

non-interchangeable, for actions

number of for actions

of actions

prompting for

restricting for actions

authentication, login

authentication directory

authorization, X

authorize resource

automounter


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