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6. Create a subordinate menu item (usually something like “Return to the previous menu” or “Exit the
utility menu”) that enables the person performing the installation to return to the previous menu;
then, create a link under it to the previous menu.
The following illustration shows the structure associated with implementing a custom utility menu.
Sample base map : Base Map *
Name Version Type State
Global_Application_1
Global_Application_2
Windows 2000
Windows XP Prof...
Utilities Menu
Application
Application
Menu Item
Menu Item
Menu Item
In Test
In Test
Sample base map
Utilities Menu
Utilities Menu
Utilities Menu
Utilities Menu
Utilities Menu
Utility 1
Utility 2
Utility 3
Utility 4
Windows XP Professional
French
English
Windows 2000
Return to previous menu
Link to Sample Base Map
Delete all user partitions Operating System
Assigning utilities to base maps
You assign utilities at a map level through the Map Settings window of the base map. The Before/After Menu
Options tab enables you to define all of the utilities you want to run before the first installation menu is
displayed or immediately after the final selection is made from the final installation menu, but before any
modules get installed. Unlike utilities that get assigned to menu items, utilities that get assigned at a map
level have no dependencies on specific menu items being selected.
To assign one or more utilities at a map level, do the following:
1. In the left pane of the Base map window, highlight the root entry or any menu item.
2. In the Main window menu bar, click Tools, and then click Settings.... The Map Settings window opens.
3. Click the Before/After Menu Options tab.
4. Click either the Before user menus or After user menus radio button, depending on when you want
the utilities to run.
5. Click the Insert Utility icon. The Add Utility window opens.
6. In the Name field, use the drop-down menu to select the utility you want to add.
7. If your repository contains folders, use the left pane of the Add Utility window to navigate to the folder
that contains the utility you want to add; then, click OK. The Add Utility window closes and the utility
is added to the Before/After Menu Options tab.
8. Double-click the utility you just added. The Edit Parameters window opens.
9. In the Parameters field, type any parameters required to run the utility.
Note: Do not use the default parameters provided in a utility or filter module. Any parameters listed in
the module Source tab are listed for example only. In order to update parameters, you need to add the
parameters for each utility or filter module in the map settings where the modules are being used.
10. Click OK.
11. Repeat steps 4 through 10 for each utility you want to add.
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