Inserting custom nodes

You can insert a custom node into a process view, either for an existing or newly created process view. While adding a node, you specify an icon for the node and the HTML content pages referenced by the new node.

Before you begin

You must first open the Process Browser.

About this task

To insert a custom node:

Procedure

  1. Click Help > Process Browser.
  2. Click the tab representing the process view where you want to insert a custom node.
  3. Select the node in the tree view that will be the parent of the new node. The new node will be inserted as a child of this node.
  4. On the Process Browser toolbar, click the Insert New Node button.
  5. Set the node properties.
    1. Enter a name for the new node.
    2. In the Link to property, enter an HTML file name and location. The content of the HTML file will appear when the node is clicked.
    3. In the Open Icon File property, set the filename of the GIF image that represents the opened node. A Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) file is required.
    4. In the Closed Icon File property, set the filename of the GIF image that represents the closed node. A Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) file is required.
  6. Click OK.

Results

The new icon is placed in the tree as a child of the selected node and becomes the new selected node.
Related tasks:
Defining a custom process
Creating a new process view
Deleting process views
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