Is it possible to extend the Start Menu on the Graphical Interface on a NetWare 5 server so that you can add your own programs to the list?

Articles and Tips: qna

01 May 1999

Dear Ab-end: Is it possible to extend the Start Menu on the Graphical Interface on a NetWare 5 server so that you can add your own programs to the list?

—Jazzed on Java

Dear Jazzed: Here's an answer from Israel Forst of Novell Premium Services. It's actually quite simple. Open the sys:java\nwgfx\fvwm2\fvwm2rc5xx file in a text editor. Under the MENU section, find the subsection for the menu in which you want to add an item. Add your Java program or applet to the menu using the following syntax:

+ "menuitem" Exec command

For example, if you have a SYS:\JAVA\MYAPP.HTML document that contains a Java Applet that you want to run, use the following syntax:

+ "My App" Exec Applet SYS:\JAVA\MYAPP.HTML

Restart the GUI and you're all set to jet! (This is a quote from the CNE 529 manual.)

Another Way to Print Container Login Scripts

John Ferrie, a Certified NetWare Engineer and a Certified NetWare Instructor, writes the following.

In the NetNotes section of the January 1999 issue of AppNotes, a user asked what was the "best" way to print out a container login script in NetWare 4. The answer given was by using NLIST as follows:

NLIST "ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT" unitname SHOW "LOGIN SCRIPT"

This can be augmented by using the greater than sign (>) to direct output to a printer.

While this may be a good way to print a container login script, I've been using the following method ever since I first used the NWAdmin utility:

Open the details page of the Organization (O) or Organizational Unit (OU).
Select the Login Script tab.
Use the mouse to select all the text in the Login Script window.
Use the Ctrl-C keyboard shortcut to copy the text.
Open up a word processor (Word, WordPerfect, Notepad, or similar program).
Use the Ctrl-V keyboard shortcut to paste the text into the word processor.
Print the document.

While this may seem like a lot of steps, having the two applications (NWAdmin and a word processor) open at the same time helps considerably. I used this method to keep a printed list of all my container login scripts for reference purposes. I hope this can help somebody somewhere!

(Thanks, John, for the heads up—Ed.)

* Originally published in Novell AppNotes

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