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Previewing your maps
The ImageUltra Builder program has a built-in preview function that simulates the behavior of the installation
menus during deployment. You use the preview function at the ImageUltra Builder console. To start the
preview function, do the following:
1. Open the Base Map window for the map you want to preview. If the Base Map window is already open,
make sure you have saved your latest changes.
2. In the Main window menu bar, click Tools and then click Preview.
Note: If a map is not constructed correctly, it is possible for the menu system to hang or get in a loop
whereby you cannot complete the menu selections in the simulation. To exit from the simulation at anytime,
press Ctrl+Esc to return to the Windows desktop; then, close the simulation from the Windows task bar.
Creating a device-driver map tree structure
The New Map Wizard enables you to create a new driver map from scratch or create a new driver map based
on an existing driver map. The New Map Wizard handles creating the new driver map entry in the repository,
assigning the map a file name, and placing the map in the correct repository location.
There are some fundamental differences between base and driver maps. Unlike base-map tree structures,
the only components that are added to driver-map tree structures are menu items and device-driver
modules. Menu items in driver maps have no effect on the menus displayed at the target computer. The
only purposes for menu items in a driver map are:
• To provide the developer with a mechanism for annotation
• To assign filters to one or more device-driver modules
It is not always necessary to include a driver map as part of a deployable Smart Image. If you deploy an
Ultra-Portable Image or a Portable-Sysprep Image to a Lenovo branded target computer, you have the
choice of:
• Using a driver map and managing all of the device-driver modules required for that target computer
• Not using a driver map and relying on the ImageUltra-provided device-driver modules in the service
partition or HPA of the target computer
If you deploy a Hardware-Specific Image to a target computer, any driver map deployed as part of that
Smart Image will be ignored during the installation of the Hardware-Specific Image. The target computer
requires all device drivers be included in the Hardware-Specific Image.
If you decide to use driver maps, there are two approaches to constructing them:
• Create simple driver maps that support a single computer machine type. This approach requires
creating and managing multiple maps, each customized with device drivers suited for a particular target
computer. If you create a simple driver map, you are responsible for determining all of the device drivers
that are required for that computer and inserting all of the appropriate device-driver modules into the
tree structure.
• Create a complex driver map that supports many computer machine types. This approach uses one
menu item for each machine type that your organization supports and then assigns a filter to each menu
item to determine which set of device drivers are to be used during the installation process. This approach
requires the use of a filter to determine the machine type. The ImageUltra Builder program provides a
filter, ImageUltra - Model Check, that you can use for this purpose. (For more information about filters
provided with the ImageUltra Builder program, refer to the ImageUltra Builder help system.)
If you create a complex driver map based on an existing map, you can simply make the changes to the
tree structure required to support the additional machine type, assign a filter for each new or changed
menu item, and define the filter parameters in the Menu Item Properties window for each new or changed
menu item. If you create a new complex driver map from scratch, you are responsible for:
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