Lenovo ThinkVantage ImageUltra Builder Version 5.0 - Manual (Page 86)

and determine when the utility is to run (immediately when the menu item is
selected, or placed in a queue to be run after the installation menus are
finished).
v From the Variables tab, you can control the behavior of each individual menu
item, except for prompt variable, which is now defined using the User Input tab,
which only appears for base maps. For example, you can hard code a variable
for a menu item or you can define a prompt so the person controlling the
deployment at the target computer can provide a value that gets assigned to a
variable. See Chapter 6, “Map construction overview,” on page 77 for more
information about the use of variables.
v User Input tab: This tab contains settings for the menu item’s prompt variable,
and it only appears for base maps:
– Width...Specifies the width of the edit box control in units equal to the
average character width of the font in use.
– Max. characters...Specifies the maximum number of characters which the user
can type within the edit box.
– Allow only...If checked, allows only the following types of characters to be
typed in the edit box:
- Alphabet...Alphabetic characters (a through z and A through Z)
- Digits...Numbers 0 through 9
- Blanks...The space character
- Other...Those characters specified
– Prevent only...If checked, suppresses the following types of characters from
being typed in the edit box:
- Alphabet...Alphabetic characters (a through z and A through Z)
- Digits...Numbers 0 through 9
- Blanks...The space character
- Other...Those characters specified
v Menu Appearance tab
v Background Image tab: This tab provides choices that enable you to customize
how you want to display the background image within the menu that is seen on
the target computer during the installation process. This tab only appears for
base maps and menu items listed within the map. The following is a listing of
the fields on the Background Image tab:
– Deploy-time logo path: Enter the path of an image, Windows bitmap file, that
will display as a background image within each menu item.
– Alignment settings: This field enables you to customize the alignment or
position of the background image within the menu item. The Alignment
drop-down menu enables you to select from the following values:
- Top Left
- Top Center
- Top Right
- Center Left
- CenterCenter
- Center Right
- Bottom Left
- Bottom Center
- Bottom Right
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