General Steps for Registering an Application

Modify any application resources that set fonts and colors. Otherwise, the desktop's dynamic fonts and colors will not work properly.

See “Step 1: Modifying Font and Color Resources”.

Create an application root location.

See “Step 2: Creating the Desktop Application Root”.

Create the directory structure underneath the application root.

See “Step 3: Creating the Registration Package Directories”

Create the actions and data types for the application.

See “Step 4: Creating the Actions and Data Types for the Application”.

Put the help files in an appropriate directory.

See “Step 5: Putting the Help Files in the Registration Package”.

Create the icons for the application

See “Step 6: Creating Icons for the Application”.

Create the application group for the application.

See “Step 7: Creating the Application Group”.

Register the application using dtappintegrate.

See “Step 8: Registering the Application Using dtappintegrate”.