You can customize existing Horizon processes or views by entering specific commands and switches. If you add a new view to the navigation bar, you must enter the “/v” switch and the correct process name in order for Horizon to open the view when you click on the option in the menu. You may also want to add switches if a process needs to open using specific parameters every time. (For example, to let your staff members view a Title Request List, add the “/t” [technical] switch to the View process. For more information on the specific switches you can use, see Switches.)
Arguments are used to enhance the flexibility of a process or to provide additional information when a process is activated. These arguments are added within a specific preference group and apply to all the users of that preference group.
If you change preferences in a group that is above the user level, a user’s individual preferences might override any changes you make to local, site, or more general groups. To prevent this, you must make sure each user is assigned to the group you have changed and that they cannot modify their individual preferences. (For more information, see Assigning a Preference Group to Users.)
To add arguments to a process
1 | Start the Preference Group Manager process. |
The default location of this process is the Administration folder on the navigation bar.
Horizon opens the Preference Group Manager window.
2 | Choose the group for which you want to change the Launcher settings from the Preference Group list. |
3 | Make sure Launcher is displayed in the Customize menu. |
4 | Click Modify. |
Horizon displays the Customize Launcher window.
5 | Click on a Navigation Bar tab. |
6 | Click on the folder that contains the process for which you want to add an argument or a switch. |
For example, to add an argument to the New Search process, click on the Searching folder.
7 | Click on the process within the folder. |
For example, click on New Search within the Searching folder.
Horizon displays the Arguments field on the Navigation Bar tab:
8 | In the Arguments field, enter the arguments and switches that you want to apply to the highlighted process using this syntax: |
/switchargument /switch
For example, enter /fstafpac /t.
Important: When you enter switches and arguments, do not put spaces between the slash ( / ) and the switch letter and the argument that goes with it (for example “/fstafpac”).
If a switch does not need an argument to complete it, you can enter the switches in any order in the Arguments field, with or without spaces between them.
For more information and examples, see Switches.
9 | Click OK. |
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