Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15 User Manual

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Table 18. Left-panel entries and customization options (continued)

Entry

Customization options

11

Must remain a button type 1. Text can be changed. An application or help function
can be defined. No icon can be added.

16

Must remain a button type 1. Text can be changed. An application or help function
can be defined. No icon can be added.

17–22

Fully customizable.

Defining entry type

Button00 must be a unique identifier. The number determines the order by which the buttons are displayed
in the left panel.

Button00=[0-8] determines the button type. This number can be an integer 0 through 8. The following table
explains the type and behavior of each button type:

Table 19. Entry type parameters

Parameter

Button type

0

Empty field. Use this value when you want to leave a row blank and unused.

1

Section head text. Use this setting to establish a major grouping or section head.

2

Application launch. Define an application or command file to be started when the user
clicks the button or text.

3

Opera help for the Rescue and Recovery environment. Define a help topic to be
launched using the Opera browser.

4

Display a restart message window before launching. Change the value to direct the
GUI to present a message to the user that the computer must be restarted before the
specified function is performed.

5

Reserved.

6

Reserved.

7

Launch and wait. Use this value to force the environment to wait for a return code
from the launched application before continuing. The return code is expected to be in
the environment variable, %errorlevel%.

8

Launch application. The GUI retrieves the Country Code and language before starting
the application. It is used for Web links that have CGI scripts to open a Web page from
a certain country or in a certain language.

9

Reserved.

10

Reserved.

Defining entry fields

Button00=[0-10], "title"

The text following the button type parameter
specifies the text or title of the button. If the text
exceeds the width of the left panel, the text is cut
and ellipsis is used to indicate that more characters
follow. The full title text is displayed when using
hover help.

Button00=[0-10], "title", file.bmp

Following the title text, specify the file name of the
bitmap file that you want to use as an icon for the
button being created. The bitmap file must be no
larger than 15 pixels x 15 pixels to fit correctly.

Chapter 3

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Configurations

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