Specifying menu-item properties in a driver map, Specifying, Menu-item – Lenovo ThinkPad R400 User Manual

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Leave

the

Use

driver

map

filter

processing

check

box

empty

if

you

want

all

device-driver

modules

defined

in

your

map

to

be

deployed

as

part

of

your

Smart

Image.

6.

When

you

are

finished

making

changes,

click

OK

;

then,

click

the

Save

icon

in

the

Main

window

toolbar.

Specifying

menu-item

properties

in

a

driver

map

Each

menu

item

in

a

driver

map,

including

the

root

entry,

has

a

unique

set

of

properties

associated

with

it.

The

menu-item

properties

control

the

following:

v

General:

This

property

controls

the

text

of

the

menu

item

or

root

entry.

If

you

change

the

text

of

the

root

entry,

you

change

the

name

of

the

map

in

the

repository.

v

Conditions:

This

property

is

available

for

menu

items

only;

it

is

not

available

for

the

root

entry.

You

use

the

Conditions

property

to

assign

one

or

more

filters

to

a

menu

item.

v

Exclude:

This

property

is

available

for

menu

items

only;

it

is

not

available

for

the

root

entry.

You

can

use

Exclude

property

to

exclude

specific

device

drivers

in

your

map

from

being

installed.

To

work

with

the

driver

map

settings,

do

the

following:

1.

Open

the

repository

where

the

driver

map

resides.

2.

If

your

repository

contains

folders,

navigate

to

the

folder

where

the

driver

map

resides.

3.

In

the

right

pane

of

the

Repository

window,

click

the

Driver

Maps

tab.

A

list

of

driver

maps

is

displayed.

4.

Double-click

the

appropriate

driver

map.

The

Driver

Map

window

opens

with

the

root

entry

highlighted.

5.

Expand

the

map

tree

and

select

the

appropriate

entry

(root

entry

or

menu

item).

6.

In

the

Main

window

menu

bar,

click

View

and

then

click

Properties

.

The

Menu

Item

Properties

window

opens.

7.

In

the

General

tab,

you

can

change

the

name

of

the

selected

menu

item

or

the

root

entry

by

changing

the

text

in

the

Description

field.

8.

Click

the

Conditions

tab

if

you

want

to

associate

one

or

more

filters

with

the

selected

menu

item,

then

do

the

following:

Note:

Typically,

filters

are

associated

with

menu

items

only

when

the

modules

listed

under

the

menu

item

are

tied

to

a

certain

machine

condition.

For

example,

if

you

are

creating

a

driver-map

tree

structure

that

contains

device

drivers

for

multiple

machine

types,

you

can

use

a

filter

to

determine

the

machine

type

of

the

target

computer

and

install

only

those

device-driver

modules

that

apply

to

a

specific

machine

type.

When

a

filter

is

associated

with

a

menu

item

in

a

driver

map,

the

filter

is

automatically

run

during

the

installation

process

at

the

target

computer.

a.

In

the

Conditions

tab,

click

the

Insert

Filter

icon.

The

Add

Filters

window

opens.

b.

In

the

left

pane

of

the

Add

Filters

window,

navigate

to

the

folder

that

contains

the

filter

you

want

to

associate

with

the

menu

item

c.

In

the

right

pane

of

the

Add

Filters

window

select

the

filter

you

want

to

associate

with

the

menu

item,

then

click

OK

.

The

Add

filters

window

closes

and

the

filter

is

added

to

the

Conditions

tab.

d.

Double-click

the

filter

you

just

added.

The

Edit

Parameters

window

opens.

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