Features Provided by Application Registration

Application registration provides a graphical way for users to:

• Locate your application.

  Upon installation, your application is “registered” into the Application Manager and has its own application group.

Figure 5–1 Application groups at the top level of Application Manager

• Start your application.

  The application group for your application contains an icon the user can double-click to start your application.

Figure 5–2 An application group containing an icon to start the application

• Identify and manipulate data files. The application's data files will have a unique icon in File Manager.

  The user can use data file icons to:

  • Start (Open) the application

  • Print data files

Figure 5–3 A data file's pop-up menu containing ``Open'' and ``Print''

• Perform other operations, such as mailing, compressing, viewing, or playing (audio) data