Assigning utilities to base maps – Lenovo ThinkVantage ImageUltra Builder Version 5.0 User Manual

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3.

Associate a utility with each menu item in the custom utility menu.

4.

Create links under each utility menu item. Each link provides a path after
the utility runs that would not otherwise exist. This link usually returns the
user to custom utility menu.

5.

For each utility menu item, click View then Properties to open the Menu
Item Properties window, click the Submenu tab, and place a check mark in
the Automatically select single item check box.

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.

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