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The Rescue and Recovery program has twenty-two entries in the left panel. Although functions are different,
each entry has the same basic elements. The following is an example of a left-panel entry:
[LeftMenu] button00=2, "Introduction", Introduction.bmp, 1,
1, 0, %tvtdrive%\Preboot\Opera\ENum3.exe,
Table 17. Left-panel entries and customization options
Entry
Customization options
00-01
Fully customizable.
02
Must remain a button type 1 (see Entry type parameters). Text can be changed. An
application or help function can be defined. No icon can be added.
03-06
Fully customizable.
07
Must remain a button type 1. Text can be changed. An application or help function
can be defined. No icon can be added.
08-10
Fully customizable.
11
Must remain a button type 1. Text can be changed. An application or help function
can be defined. No icon can be added.
16
Must remain a button type 1. Text can be changed. An application or help function
can be defined. No icon can be added.
17–22
Fully customizable.
Defining entry types
Button00 must be a unique identifier. The number determines the order by which the buttons are displayed
in the left panel.
Button00=[0-8] This parameter determines the button type. This number can be an integer 0 through 8. The
following table explains the type and behavior of each button type:
Table 18. Entry type parameters
Parameter
Button type
0
Empty field. Use this value when you want to leave a row blank and unused.
1
Section head text. Use this setting to establish a major grouping or section head.
2
Application launch. Define an application or command file to be started when the user
clicks the button or text.
3
Opera help for the Rescue and Recovery environment. Define a help topic to be
launched using the Opera browser.
4
Display a restart message window before launching. Change the value to direct the
GUI to present a message to the user that the computer must be restarted before the
specified function is performed.
5
Reserved.
6
Reserved.
7
Launch and wait. Use this value to force the environment to wait for a return code
from the launched application before continuing. The return code is expected to be in
the environment variable, %errorlevel%.
8
Launch application. The GUI retrieves the Country Code and language before starting
the application. It is used for Web links that have CGI scripts to open a Web page from
a certain country or in a certain language.
9
Reserved.
10
Reserved.
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