User guide

DiscView PRO User Guide

This is a sample of the

configured Launch

Items in a Windows

desktop Program

Group. All users will

have this group on

their desktops. To

access a CD-ROM

application, the only

thing the user has to

do is double-click on

the icon in the group.

If the word Manager appears in the bottom right corner of

the SmartLaunch window status bar, you are a SmartLaunch

manager of this database. As a SmartLaunch manager you

can create new Launch Items, configure existing items, delete

items, and assign an associated executable, although you can

do this only if you are a manager of the server to which the

item is attached or configured.

If the word User appears in the bottom right corner of the

SmartLaunch window status bar, you have no manager capa-

bilities.

SmartLaunch can also be set to automatically update the us-

ers’ Windows desktop, showing them the currently available

CD-ROMs. This saves you from having to go around to each

workstation to reconfigure Program Group items as CD-

ROMs are added, changed, or removed. SmartLaunch auto-

matically detects the new CD-ROMs, and adds the

appropriate Launch Item to users’ desktops.

Setting Up SmartLaunch

The first step in making CD-ROMs available to network us-

ers is to set up, or configure, a Launch Item. Configuring a

Launch Item gives it the SmartLaunch volume information

necessary for users to access it. When you configure a Launch

Item, you give it a name and description that clearly de-

scribes the contents of the CD-ROM to users. When the CD-

ROM initially loads, SmartLaunch uses the name actually

found in the CD-ROM volume label information. You can

continue to use that name, or provide a more descriptive one.

Follow the step-by-step instructions on the following pages to

configure a Launch Item. You can also refer to the

SmartLaunch Quick Start in the on-line Help file. Quick

Start provides several examples of typical Launch Item con-

figurations.