Setting Up Auto-Applications

You can use the wizard to set up your service profile to use auto-applications.

The following options are available:

Auto-applications. Lists the programs already set up that automatically start after a connection is established.
Move Up. Click this to move an application up in the Auto-applications list. Programs start in the order listed.
Move Down. Click this to move an application down in the Auto-applications list.
Add. Click this to add a new auto-application.
Edit. Click this to edit an auto-application that’s selected in the Auto-applications list.
Delete. Click this to remove an auto-application that’s selected in the Auto-applications list.

Adding or Editing Auto-Applications

You can specify the auto-application program you want to run on the user’s computer and when it will run during the user’s connection to your service.

The following options are available:

Program to run. Type or browse to the program file name you want.

Parameters. Type any command-line parameters you want executed with the program. The following special command-line parameter macros are supported:

Macro	Replaced with

%UserPrefix%	The realm user-name prefix you have specified
%UserSuffix%	The realm user-name suffix you have specified
%UserName%	The user name, without any realm user-name prefix or suffix specified
%Profile%	The location and file name of the active connection-profile (.cmp) file

Note

If you are customizing a service profile to use secure connection, auto-applications execute after the secure connection is established.

Include the auto-application in this service profile. If the program you want to run is not part of the standard Windows operating system, you can include the program in your service profile. When the user installs the service profile, the user’s available disk space is checked before installing the program. The service profile installs the auto-application program in Connection Manager’s folder.
Consider the overall size of your service profile in relation to your distribution method. For example, if you are distributing by download, consider the additional download time for users.

Important

Specify only programs that are complete program files. You can include one program file per auto-application program. Do not specify a auto-application program that requires other files or is a self-extracting executable (.exe) file.