External application task resources

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.
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Configuring remote instances of IBM Director Console for external application tasks