Step 3: Creating the Registration Package Directories

Registration Package Contents

The desktop configuration files include:

The registration package is gathered under a top-level directory called the application root, or app_root.

Figure 4-4 A registration package beneath an application root directory

The major categories of configuration files under the app_root directory are:

Each of the major categories has subdirectories for language-dependent files. Default-language files are placed in the C directory.

To Create the Registration Package

1. Create these directories. If you are providing language-dependent configuration files, create a separate directory for each language. If you are supplying only one language, put the files in the C directory.

   • app_root/dt/appconfig/types/language

   • app_root/dt/appconfig/help/language

   • app_root/dt/appconfig/icons/language

   • app_root/dt/appconfig/appmanager/language/appgroup_name, where appgroup_name is the name of the application group

   For example, Figure 4-5 “Application group at the top level of the Application Manager” shows Application Manager containing an group whose appgroup_name is "Media_Tools."

Figure 4-5 Application group at the top level of the Application Manager

The dtappintegrate tool operates only on the desktop configuration files in the types, help, icons, and appmanager directories. The application's binary executable, app-defaults, and message catalog files are administered separately.