Customizing Instant Messenger to Allow New User Registration

When you customize the resource files to allow new user registration, a new button appears on the Login dialog box. Users click this button to access the New User Registration dialog box where they can register. When a user registers, their information is added to the LDAP directory.

To Customize Instant Messenger to Allow New User Registration

1. Open the im.jnlp.template file in a text editor.

   By default this file is stored in im-svr-base/html.

2. Search for the line:

   <application-desc main-class="com.iplanet.im.client.iIM">

3. Add the following argument to the end of the section:

   <argument>register=true</argument>

4. Save and close im.jnlp.template.

5. Open the im.html.template file in a text editor.

   By default this file is stored in im-svr-base/html.

6. Add the register parameter to the file:

   <PARAM NAME="register" VALUE="true">

7. Add the following parameter to the EMBED tag:

   register=true

8. Save and close im.html.template.

9. Run the configure utility, selecting the “Messenger Resources” component only when prompted for which components you want to configure.

   See Configuring Instant Messaging After Installing or Upgrading for instructions.

10. If you are usingSun Java System Application Server or Sun Java System Web Server, redeploy the resource files.

    See Redeploying Resource Files for instructions.

11. Launch Instant Messenger.

    The I am a New User button should appear on the Login dialog box.