Base maps, Base, Maps – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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v

Settings:

Each

map

has

a

Settings

window

that

enables

you

to

control

how

a

map

behaves.

The

Settings

window

for

a

base

map

also

enables

you

to

control

the

physical

appearance

of

the

installation

menus.

v

Properties:

The

root

entry

of

the

tree

structure

and

each

menu

item

in

the

tree

structure

has

a

set

of

properties.

The

properties

associated

with

the

root

entry

and

each

menu

item

in

a

base

map

enable

you

to

control

the

flow,

the

text

of

the

menu

item,

and

the

physical

appearance

and

behavior

of

submenu

items.

These

properties

also

enable

you

to

associate

filters

and

utilities

with

menu

items

and

set

conditions

that

control

certain

behavior

on

a

menu-item

by

menu-item

basis.

The

menu-item

properties

for

a

driver

map

enable

you

to

associate

filters

with

each

menu

item

and

set

conditions

that

affect

how

the

filters

are

used.

Base

maps

and

driver

maps

have

different

purposes

and

use

the

tree

structure,

menu

items,

settings,

and

properties

differently.

Therefore,

an

individual

overview

of

each

is

provided

in

this

section.

For

more

detailed

conceptual

information

about

maps,

see

Chapter

6,

“Map

construction

overview,”

on

page

77.

For

step-by-step

information

on

creating

and

working

with

maps,

see

the

ImageUltra

Builder

help

system.

Base

maps

The

tree

structure

in

a

base

map

enables

you

to

define

multi-tiered,

multi-branch

structures

containing

a

series

of

menu

items

that

control

the

flow

and

content

of

the

menus

displayed

at

the

target

computer

during

the

installation

process.

Modules

are

inserted

in

the

map

under

menu

items

in

strategic

locations.

As

each

menu

item

is

selected

at

the

target

computer,

modules

associated

with

that

menu

item

are

collected.

When

the

final

menu

item

is

selected

from

the

last

menu

in

the

sequence,

all

of

the

accumulated

modules

are

installed.

You

use

the

New

Map

Wizard

to

create

a

base-map

entry

in

the

repository.

Then,

you

populate

the

tree

structure

with

menu

items

to

establish

the

flow

and

content

of

your

menu

system.

Finally,

you

insert

modules

under

menu

items

in

strategic

locations

to

meet

your

particular

needs,

and

select

where

the

service

partition

will

be

located.

ImageUltra

Builder

4.0

supports

two

types

of

Service

Partitions:

v

Back

of

the

hard

disk

drive

v

Front

of

the

hard

disk

drive

The

Service

Partition

at

the

back

of

the

hard

disk

drive

is

a

FAT32

partition

with

the

volume

label

SERVICEV001.

This

partition

works

with

the

Windows

XP

version

of

ThinkVantage

Rescue

and

Recovery

®

.

The

Service

Partition

at

the

front

of

the

hard

disk

drive

is

an

NTFS

partition.

The

volume

label

is

SERVICEV002

and

it

works

with

the

Windows

Vista

version

of

ThinkVantage

Rescue

and

Recovery.

Optionally,

you

can

change

the

overall

appearance

of

the

menu

system

by

modifying

the

properties

associated

with

the

root

entry

of

the

tree

structure.

You

can

change

colors,

add

window

shadowing,

control

navigation

aids,

and

so

on.

For

detailed

information

about

constructing

base

maps,

see

Chapter

6,

“Map

construction

overview,”

on

page

77

and

Chapter

7,

“Creating

maps,”

on

page

115.

For

information

about

the

types

of

service

partitions,

see

Chapter

3,

“Staging-area

behavior

and

logic,”

on

page

33.

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Builder

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