Client SDK for Windows
Developers' Guide
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Creating a Branding Text Layout File
The layout file format used to customize the session client is an UTF-8 XML text file.
The layout schema is a top-level <pcoip-client-branding/>
element with a version
attribute describing the schema version, and containing the required elements
described next:
<pcoip-client-branding version="1.0">
...
</pcoip-client-branding>
The available elements are outlined in the following table:
Parent Element | Child Element | |
---|---|---|
<app-name> |
Required! The name of your custom session client. This will be used as the application window file. | |
<app-icon> |
Required! The file name of your application icon. In Windows, this appears in the Windows toolbar and the window header. | |
<toolbar-menu> |
Required! Describes the text labels used in OS toolbar menu's. | |
<about-item> |
The text label for the About... menu item. Optional. Without this field, there will not be an About menu item. | |
<quit-item> |
The text label for the Quit... menu item. Optional. Without this field, you will not have a Quit menu item. | |
<about> |
Required! Describes the contents of the About... dialog. Must have the following required attributes: title (string): The dialog text and minWidth (number): The minimum pixel width of the dialog. For example: <about title="My Custom Client" minWidth="100"> |
|
<line> |
Describes a line of text in the dialog. All lines are optional, but the About window will be empty unless you provide at least one. <line> accepts the following attributes: align (string keyword): The text alignment; for example, "center". This alignment applies to all child elements of the line. Lines can be self-closed to create a blank line (<line> can contain the following elements: <logo> contains a filename for a logo or other graphic element: <logo>about_logo.png</logo> . <text> contains the display text for each line: <text>This text is displayed on the line. </text> . <hyperlink> takes a url parameter and creates a working hyperlink: <hyperlink url="www.teradici.com">Teradici</hyperlink> . |
A full text layout file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pcoip-client-branding version="1.0">
<app-name>My Custom Client</app-name>
<app-icon>app_icon.png</app-icon>
<toolbar-menu>
<about-item>About My Custom Client</about-item>
<quit-item>Quit My Custom Client</quit-item>
</toolbar-menu>
<about title="About My Custom Anyware Client" minWidth="0">
<line align="center"><logo>about_logo.jpg</logo></line>
<line />
<line align="center"><text>My Anyware Client</text></line>
<line align="center"><text>Version 0.0.0</text></line>
<line align="center"><text>© Copyright 2016 My
Corporation</text></line>
<line align="center">
<hyperlink url="www.my-company.com">My company</hyperlink>
</line>
<line />
<line align="center">
<text>For help, click here: </text>
<hyperlink url="www.google.com">Google</hyperlink>
</line>
</about>
</pcoip-client-branding>
Last updated: Friday, October 11, 2024