iLaunch User's Guide
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1. 700 Color software did not properly warm boot a device after installing a CAB file e To automatically extract files in the CabFiles folder other supporting files must be on the storage card Contact Cus tomer Support to ensure your 700 Series Computer is proper ly set up to autoextract CAB files iLaund User s Guide Contacting Customer Support Web Support When contacting Customer Support provide the following information Model number of the 700 Series Computer e Version number of the operating system e Version number of the iLaunch software Visit the Intermec web site at http www intermec com to download our current manuals in PDF format To order printed versions of the Intermec manuals contact your local Intermec representative or distributor Visit the Intermec technical knowledge base Knowledge Cen tral at http intermec custhelp com to review technical infor mation or to request technical support for your Intermec prod uct Telephone Support Service Factory Repair and On site Repair Technical Support Service Contract Status Schedule Site Surveys or Installations Ordering Products iLaunch User s Guide These services are available from Intermec Technologies Corpo ration In the U S A and Canada call 1 800 755 5505 Description and choose this option Request a return authorization number for 1 authorized service center repair or request an on site repair t2. Caption section contains the text that is displayed on each button when the iLaunch starts up You can specify up to five buttons If text is not specified for a button the button does not display in iLaunch If Button is the only button with a caption then the application associated with that button is automatically launched immediately after iLaunch starts To use this section add a line in the form Button9 text where 9 is the button on the display to modify and text is what appears on the button 1 5 are the only valid buttons The exe section associates each button with a particular ap plication You must specify the full path and file name You can launch programs other than EXEs such as PROGRAM1 VB If only one application is in the INI file to launch from the menu the application specified after Buttonl is automatically launched each time iLaunch starts To use this section add a line in the form Button9 path app ext where 9 is the button number on the display to launch the application located at path app ext 1 5 are the only valid buttons Use the full path to the application relative paths are not valid Bitmaps PassWord ApplicationKeys The Bitmaps section points to a specific bitmap that is dis played at the top of the iLaunch menu You must include the full path and file name of the bitmap in this section If no bit map is required then the field is left bl
3. Intermec l T User s Guide Te iLaunch iLaunch Version 1 09 Documentation The goal of the iLaunch application is to launch other applica tions without having to work in the standard Pocket PC Win dows Mobile interface This is beneficial when you have more than one application that a user may need to access but the us ers need to keep from accessing the entire operating system iLaunch Details iLaunch is a locked down application for the 700 Series Mobile Computers that launch other applications via a configurable set of buttons The label on each button and the application the button launches is configurable via an INI file Up to five pro grams can launch simultaneously In addition to providing a common interface for users to access the various applications made available to them iLaunch also locks down all applications that start while iLaunch is running If Pocket Internet Explorer PIE is one of the programs in the INI file when the user runs that program PIE comes up and looks as it normally does but the user cannot bring up the Start menu when tapping in the upper left corner of the screen When the user taps the X in the upper right corner PIE is minimized and the user is back at the iLaunch screen A Locked Down application is an application that prevents the user from leaving the application or from accessing the nor mal Navigation bar Command bar and Start Menu in PIE Locked down applications are ext
4. ank Only bitmaps are displayed The bitmap should be 140x40 in 16 colors The size does not have to be exact it always centers smaller images and larger images are automatically cropped To use this section add a line in the form TopLogo path file bmp where path is the full path to the file and file bmp is the file to display The Pass Word section holds the password that allows an ad ministrator to exit iLaunch and enter the Pocket PC Windows Mobile operating system This may be necessary if system set tings need modification Leaving the password field blank allows exiting the system without entering a password The password in the default INI is blank If there is a space after the on the password line of the INI file a space becomes the password If no password is required make sure there is no space after the equal sign There are no limits on the password Keep in mind that the onscreen keyboard is blocked in the iLaunch applica tion so enter alphabetic characters with the alpha plane of the keypad This parameter allows the INI file to map which applications to launch via the application keys on the physical keypad In early versions of iLaunch the application keys were blocked complete ly or in the case of the TE2000 version were mapped to specific applications If no ApplicationKeys are specified the non TE2000 version sets all application keys to launch iLaunch In the TE2000 version the non TE2000 ver
5. ea around the bitmap correctly This is fixed to paint the area drawn around the bitmap white Applications keys that were set to none or other literals in lt gt now get remapped correctly Added Version 1 05B 12 Application keys can set via INI file Changed some code that allows iLaunch to disable the Start button when another application has focus iLaund User s Guide Version 1 05A Version 1 01D Version 1 01C Version 1 01B Version 1 01 iLaunch User s Guide Added code so that iLaunch tries to disable the Start menu for applications that are not locked down Made a fix to the battery status page so that the timer is de stroyed appropriately Added the SysStart application to the CAB file to help lock down the user interface while CABs are extracted Added AUTORUN files to the CAB file to ease the SysStart installation Made a fix to prevent the user from exiting if they tap on the main dialog then tap Enter Updated the code to set the application keys appropriately on 700 Color Computers with alphanumeric keyboards Made a fix so that the Esc key does not allow the user to exit iLaunch Changed the version slightly to display TE before the version if it is a TE 2000 build Updated the copyright to include 2003 Created a separate evaluation version of the application to evaluate for 60 days During the trial period reminder mes sages pop up after iLaunch launches t
6. echnician Get technical support on your Intermec product Inquire about an existing contract renew a contract or ask invoicing questions Schedule a site survey or request a product or system installation Talk to sales administration place an order or check the status of your order Outside the U S A and Canada contact your local Intermec representative To search for your local representative from the Intermec web site click Contact 11 Application Updates Version 1 09 Fixes When launching another application the command bar was partially erased by iLaunch in some instances Users could still get into the system Open clock hold action and tap hold in clock area menu comes up for clock run can run any application in the system User could get out of system by pressing and holding the Windows key down If only one application was specified Launcher did not be have as desired On PPC 2003 the bitmap at the top of the screen was not displayed correctly Added Version 1 07 Applications other than EXEs can now launch including file extensions with associations in the system such as specifying ABC PSW to launch Pocket Word with ABC as the current document This also means that Visual Basic applications can launch directly from iLaunch Error messages return text instead of just the error number Updated to run on Pocket PC 2003 Fixed Pocket PC 2003 was not rendering the blank ar
7. elect Start gt Intermec Launcher Uninstalling iLaunch iLaunch User s Guide No automatic uninstallation is available at this time To unins tall iLaunch remove the following files windows start menu Intermec launcher 1nk windows startup Intermec launcher lnk windows launcher DataCard launcher DataCard Cabfiles launcher cab Rename the fil Autorunold dat autorun dat where DataCard is the folder name of the card you have installed in the device This is usually SDMMC Disk or Stor age Card TE Version of iLaunch The Terminal Emulation TE version of iLaunch is slightly modified from the regular version The TE version comes with an INI file that already points to the locked down applications iBrowse and TE 2000 The TE version also sets the application keys A1 A4 A1 starts TE 2000 A2 starts iBrowse A3 and A4 start iLaunch You can add two other locked down applications to the MENU INI file that this version of iLaunch uses To Secure the System on a Cold Boot All versions of the Launcher CAB file include a utility called SYSSTART EXE The SysStart utility when added to the AUTORUN DAT file runs on startup to prevent the user from accessing the system during startup and CAB file extraction For multiple reasons SysStart is not added to the AUTORUN DAT file To use SysStart perform the following steps Note DataCard refers to the type of data storage card in your 700 Ser
8. em and replaces the CURRENTCARD string with the appropriate folder name for the storage device Sample INI File Caption Buttonl Intermec TE2000 Button2 IBrowse Button3 Notes Button4 Calculator Button5 Internet Explorer use CURRENTCARD at the beginning of the path to use the current card iLaunch is running from exe Button1 CURRENTCARD te2000Nfwp700h0 exe Button2 CURRENTCARD ibrowse browse exe Button3 windows notes exe Button4 windows calc exe Button5 windows iexplore exe PassWord no password required to exit iLaunch pwd Bitmaps TopLogo windows launcher intermecblue bmp ApplicationKeys AppKeylExe Button3 AppKey2Exe windows start menunotes lnk Installing iLaunch Copy the appropriate CAB file to the CabFiles folder on the 700 Series Computer Warm boot the 700 Series Computer to have the CAB file automatically install Do not use File Explorer to tap on the CAB file and extract it as this deletes the CAB file Having the CAB file auto extract on a reboot leaves the CAB file on the 700 Series Computer so you can extract it again in the event of a cold boot Note if your 700 Series Computer does not have the proper NCabFiles and 2577 folders on the card con tact Customer Support for help setting up these files Without the proper files CAB files do not automatically install The default INI file that is installed by the CAB file points to a few Pocket PC applications Cha
9. hree applications Added Copyright information Added code to lock down the Exit dialog Added TE 2000 specific features such as A1 A4 keys are mapped and enabled Added CURRENTCARD as a special modifier to the EXE path section If CURRENTCARD is added to the front of the path to an executable in the exe section the application replaces CURRENT CARD with the path of the card from which the iLaunch is running This uses the same INI file on both CompactFlash and Secure Digital storage cards Intermec Corporate Headquarters 6001 36th Avenue West Everett Washington 98203 U S A telX 425 348 2600 fax 425 355 9551 www intermec com iLaunch User s Guide March 2004 P N 961 055 016 REV B
10. ies Computer This usually is a CompactFlash card or a Secure Digital card Also note that this is done process only on one 700 Series Computer then all of the files from that computers DataCard is copied to the DataCard for all other computers to use 1 Copy the Launcher CAB file to the 700 Series Computer and extract it N Rename DataCard 2577 autorun dat to DataCard 2577 autorunOLD dat 3 Copy DataCard launcher autorunXX dat to DataCard 2577 where the XX is CF if your storage card is a CompactFlash card or SD if your storage card is a Se cure Digital card 4 Rename the DataCard 2577 autorunXX dat to DataCard 2577 autorun dat iLaund User s Guide Evaluation Version of iLaunch Evaluation versions of iLaunch are available These versions allow some restricted use The iLaunch application performs normally with the exception that it occasionally brings up a reminder that the version of iLaunch used is only an evaluation version You have 60 days from the date you first start using the evaluation version of iLaunch to either purchase a license or quit using iLaunch If you decide to purchase licenses for iLaunch contact your Intermec representative A license is required for each device that runs iLaunch The part number to purchase a single license is 235 107 001 iLaunch Limitations and Restrictions Known Issues Owner Information iLaunch User s Guide e iLau
11. nch does not save the registry to a storage device e iLaunch runs on the following Intermec 700 Series Comput ers 710 720 730 740 750 and 760 e iLaunch does not pass parameters to applications If owner information is set to display on startup the owner information shows up on top of the iLaunch application To disable the owner information tap Start gt Settings then tap Owner Information Uncheck or clear Show information when device is turned on A settings 46121 A Owner Information Mame Sample Owner Information Company XYZ Corporation Address 123 North Broadway Telephone 555 555 4321 E mail Owner xyz com Shaw information when device is turned on Identification Notes Troubleshooting 10 No buttons show when iLaunch starts e Make sure a valid Menu INI file is in the same directory where the iLaunch files were installed Look in the SDMMC Disk Launcher Storage Card Launcher or Program Files Launcher paths Is iLaunch running on a 700 Monochrome or 700 Color Computer The application only displays the menu if it is running on either of these computers The section names and labels in the INI file are case sensitive Make sure that you are using the correct case After copying the CAB file to the CabFiles folder on my storage card iLaunch does not automatically start e Warm boot the 700 Series Computer again Early versions of the
12. nge this INI file to call the de sired applications set up a password set application key map pings and set up a new bitmap if required To update the INI file copy the default INI file from the 700 Series Computer to your desktop either with Microsoft ActiveSync or by removing the storage card from the 700 Series Computer and putting it 6 iLaund User s Guide into a card reader In either case the INI file is in the Data Card launcher directory Where DataCard is is the folder name of the card you have installed in the 700 Series Computer This is usually SDMMC Disk Secure Digital or Storage Card CompactFlash When changing the INI file it is important to not change the case or spelling of any of the section names or key names Sec tion names are contained in the brackets and key names are on the left side of the equal sign You can use most any text edi tor to modify the INI file such as the Notepad application When saving the INI file make sure to save it as a standard ASCII file if there is an option to do so Copy the modified INI file back to the card If you specified a custom bitmap in the INI file copy the bit map to the system It is usually best to place the bitmap on the built in DataCard so the file is not lost on a cold boot Running iLaunch iLaunch automatically starts up on a warm or cold boot if the CAB file was installed properly To start iLaunch after exiting it s
13. remely important to prevent end users from getting lost in other parts of the system in pre venting users from changing system settings and to ensure that users are as productive as possible Requirements for Running iLaunch e iLaunch runs on the following 700 Series Computers 710 720 730 740 750 and 760 e A data storage card must be available in the system This in cludes a CompactFlash card or a Secure Digital card depend ing on which hardware iLaunch runs e iLaunch requires about 100 Kb of free space on the storage card and about 50 Kb of execution memory space 2 iLaund User s Guide The INI File Explained Caption exe iLaunch User s Guide The INI file associated with iLaunch controls many of the fea tures of iLaunch The text that is placed on the buttons the ap plications that each button launches a password to exit the ap plication key mappings and a custom bitmap to display are all controlled The INI file can contain semicolons to act as com ments in the INI files You must save the INI file as an ASCII file if you edit the INI file be sure to save it as a standard ASCII file not as a Unicode file Place the INI file in the same folder as the SHELL EXE application which is found in the Launcher directory on the data card after the Launcher CAB file is ex tracted Section and key names in the INI file are case sensitive There are five main sections in the INI file The
14. sion sets Al as TE2000 A2 as IBrowse A3 and A4 as iLaunch Note If the default mappings are changed it is up to the INI file to ensure any overwritten default is accessible in other ways if needed including iLaunch Always map at least one Applica tion key to iLaunch or the user cannot get back to iLaunch to launch another application iLaund User s Guide iLaunch User s Guide To use this section add a line in the form AppKey9Exe Button9 LAUNCHER path app exe where 9 in AppKey9Exe is the number of the application key on the physical keypad to reassign You can choose one of three parameters for this application key Button9 indicates to launch the application associated with Button9 from the exe section LAUNCHER is a reserved word that causes the asso ciated application key to bring up iLaunch Use Path app ext to launch an application not assigned to an iLaunch Screen but ton 1 4 are the only valid AppKey buttons that can be re mapped Note Use CURRENTCARD to enable the same INI file to use on multiple 700 Series Computers with disparate file struc tures For example the 700 Monochrome Computer installs the iLaunch files to Storage Card launcher while the 700 Color Computer installs the same files to SSDMMC Disk launcher When CURRENTCARD is used instead of the storage devices folder name iLaunch automatically determines which card is installed in the syst
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