To Rebrand Instant Messenger

1. Copy imbrand.jar file to a working directory.

   For example:

   cp im-svr-base/html/lang/imbrand.jar working-directory

2. Change to the working directory.

   cd working-directory

3. Extract the imbrand.jar file.

   jar xf imbrand.jar

   This command creates a directory tree where the resource files are copied. This directory structure has to be maintained when you modify the individual files in the imbrand.jar file.

   Alternatively, you can extract a single file included in imbrand.jar and put it under the directory structure you specify. For example, to extract only brand.properties, use the following command:

   jar xf imbrand.jar com/sun/im/desktop/brand/brand.properties

4. Update imbrand.jar with the modified .gif, .wav, and .properties files.

   You can update all the files in imbrand.jar as follows:

   jar cf imbrand.jar .

   To update imbrand.jar with a single modified file, use the following command:

   jar uf imbrand.jar com/sun/im/desktop/brand/filename

   Where filename is the name of the file included in imbrand.jar, for example, brand.properties.

5. Copy imbrand.jar to the resource directory.

   For example:

   cp imbrand.jar im-svr-base/html/lang/ .

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   Note –

   If you support multiple locales in your deployment, follow the procedure for rebranding Instant Messenger for every supported locale.

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