Secure Global Desktop Administration Guide > Applications, documents and hosts > Webtop Hints (--hints)

Webtop Hints (--hints)

Objects with this attribute

Object Manager

Attribute name	Usage
Webtop Hints	In the box, type the webtop hints. Separate each hint with a semi-colon.

Command line

Command option	Usage
`--hint hint...`	Replace `hint` with the webtop hint. Separate each hint with a semi-colon.

Description

This attribute allows you to define one or more strings which can be used to provide finer control over the publishing and display of objects on the browser-based webtop.

You can use any number of strings and the strings can be anything. Separate each hint with a semi-colon. We recommend you adopt a name=value naming convention for webtop hints.

This attribute is blank by default.

This attribute is for developers who are using the Secure Global Desktop web services to develop custom webtops.

Note currently you can only set this attribute on the command line with the tarantella object edit command.

Examples

--hint "preferredsize=16;"

Sets a webtop hint that could be used to specify the size of the webtop icon for the application.

Related topics
Introducing Sun Secure Global Desktop Software