External application tasks are defined in IBM Director using
a combination of Java™ resources including Command-task (CMDTask ) files
and Java resource
bundles.
CMDTask files
CMDTask
files are Java property files
that are used by the
IBM Director CMDTask service to
configure tasks to run in the
IBM Director environment.
New
CMDTask files can be constructed and existing CMDTask files can be
modified using the External
Application Launch Wizard.
Java resource bundles
CMDTask files can reference Java resource
bundles to define national-language titles for use with the external application
task. Using resource bundles is recommended because the CMDTask file itself
has no way to define task title strings for users
whose first language
is not English.These resource bundles can be user-defined, or they
can be created automatically by the External
Application Launch Wizard.
Task icons
CMDTask files can reference Graphics Interchange
Format (GIF) files that are used as task icons. These files can be existing IBM Director task icon files specified
with a path name relative to the classes directory under the IBM Director installation,
or they can be any GIF files specified with a fully-qualified path and file
name. Task icon files can be specified for small (16-pixel) and large (32-pixel)
icons.