External application task resources

External application tasks are defined in IBM® Director using a combination of Java™ resources including command-task files and Java resource bundles.

Command-task files

Command-task files are Java property files that are used by the IBM Director command-task service to configure tasks to run in the IBM Director environment.

New command-task files can be constructed and existing command-task files can be modified using the External Application Launch Wizard.

Java resource bundles

Command-task files can reference Java resource bundles to define national-language titles for use with the external application task. Use the External Application Launch Wizard to define resource bundles and properties to define task title strings for languages supported in addition to English.
External Application Launch resource bundles can be user-defined, or they can be created or modified using the External Application Launch Wizard.
Note: Although IBM Director ensures that IBM Director data is valid, you are responsible for ensuring that data in the resource bundles is valid for the intended purpose.

Task icons

Command-task 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 nonanimated 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.
Related tasks
Configuring remote instances of IBM Director Console for external application tasks

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