Configuring Sessions
To access the Sessions preference tool, click Launch, then choose Preferences -> Desktop Preferences -> Sessions.
The Sessions preference tool enables you
to manage your sessions. You can set session preferences, and specify which
applications to start when you start a session. You can configure sessions
to save the state of applications in the Java Desktop System, and to restore
the state when you start another session. You can also use this preference
tool to manage multiple Java Desktop System sessions.
You can customize the settings for sessions and startup applications
in the following functional areas:
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Session Options
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Current Session
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Startup Programs
Setting Session Preferences
Use the Session Options tabbed section
to manage multiple sessions, and to set preferences for the current session.
Table 7–38 lists the session options that
you can modify.
Table 7–38 Session Options
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Dialog Element
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Description
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Show splash
screen on login
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Select this option to display a splash screen when you start a session.
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Prompt on logout
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Select this option to display a confirmation
dialog when you end a session.
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Automatically save changes to session
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Select this
option if you want the session manager to save the current state of your session.
The session manager saves the session-managed applications that are open,
and the settings associated with the session-managed applications. The next
time that you start a session, the applications start automatically, with
the saved settings.
If you do not select this option, the Logout Confirmation dialog displays a Save current setup option when you end your session.
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Sessions
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Use this area of the dialog to manage multiple sessions
in the Java Desktop System, as follows:
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To create a new session, click on the Add
button. Use the Add a new session dialog to specify a
name for your session.
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To change the name of a session, select the session in the Sessions table. Click on the Edit button.
The Edit session name dialog is displayed. Type a new
name for your session.
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To delete a session, select the session in the Sessions table. Click on the Delete button.
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Setting Session Properties
Use the Current
Session tabbed section to specify startup order values, and to
choose restart styles for the session-managed applications in your current
session.
Table 7–39 lists the session properties that you can
configure.
Table 7–39 Session Properties
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Dialog Element
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Description
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Order
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The Order
property specifies the order in which the session manager starts session-managed
startup applications. The session manager starts applications with lower order
values first. The default value is 50.
To specify the startup
order of an application, select the application in the table. Use the Order spin box to specify the startup order value.
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Style
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The Style property determines the
restart style of an application. To select a restart style for an application,
select the application in the table, then choose one of the following styles:
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Normal
Starts automatically when you start a Java Desktop System session. Use
the kill command to terminate applications with this restart
style during a session.
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Restart
Restarts automatically whenever you close or terminate the application.
Choose this style for an application if the application must run continuously
during your session. To terminate an application with this restart style,
select the application in the table, then click on the Remove
button.
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Trash
Does not start when you start a Java Desktop System session.
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Settings
Starts automatically when you start a Java Desktop System session.
Applications with this style usually have a low startup order, and store your
configuration settings for the Java Desktop System and session-managed applications.
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State
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Shows the current status of the application.
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Program
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Shows a brief description of the type of application.
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Remove
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Click on the Remove button to delete
the selected application from the list. The application is removed from the
session manager, and closed. Applications that you delete are not started
the next time that you start a session.
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Apply
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Click on the Apply button to apply changes to the startup
order and the restart style.
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Configuring Startup Applications
Use the Startup Programs
tabbed section of the Sessions preference tool
to specify non-session-managed startup applications.
Startup applications are applications that start automatically when you start
a session. You specify the commands that run the non-session-managed applications
in the Startup Programs tabbed section. The commands
execute automatically when you log in.
You can also start session-managed applications automatically. For more
information, see Setting Session Properties.
Table 7–40 lists the startup applications
preferences that you can modify.
Table 7–40 Startup Programs Preferences
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Dialog Element
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Description
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Additional startup programs
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Use this table to manage non-session-managed
startup applications as follows:
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To add a startup application, click on the Add button. The Add Startup Program dialog is
displayed. Enter the command to start the application in the Startup
Command field or use the down-arrow to select a previously entered
startup command. Alternatively, click Browse to display
a Startup Command dialog. Use the dialog to specify the
startup command that you want to associate with the startup program.
If you specify more than one startup application, use the Order spin box to specify the startup order of the each application.
The startup order is the order in which you want the startup applications
to start.
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To edit a startup application, select the startup application,
then click on the Edit button. The Edit Startup
Program dialog is displayed. Use the dialog to modify the command
and the startup order for the startup application.
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To delete a startup application, select the startup application,
then click on the Delete button.
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