Creating a resource archive

A resource archive is a collection of text and image files that you can use to customize the appearance of a Netcool Configuration Manager GUI.

1. Make a copy of the example resource file.
   The example file is here: ncm_install_dir/ncm/config/properties/ibm-tivoli-itncm-vendor-resource-bundle-example.zip
2. Unzip the resource archive.

   The resource archive, by default, contains the following files:

   vendor.properties
   /images/ITNCM_C_Splash.png
   /images/tivoli.gif
   /images/IBM_logo_Black.gif
   /images/tivoli-brandmark.gif
   /images/ITNCM_Splash.png
   /images/ibm-logo-white.gif
   /images/focusframeIcon.gif
   /images/compliance_NCM_logo.png
   /images/ibm-logo-black.gif
   /images/NCM_logo.png

3. Modify text strings as required in the vendor.properties file.

   The vendor.properties file contains the following property categories:

   • vendor.web, for properties of web front end pages, such as web login pages.
   • vendor.base.gui, for config GUI properties.
   • vendor.gui, for compliance GUI properties.
   • vendor.report, for reports properties.

   The only properties that should be changed for reporting are the properties and images in the vendor.report section.

   Note: Ensure that the replacement strings contain nearly the same number of characters as the default strings.
4. Replace any of the default images in the images/ directory with your own images.
   Note: Ensure that replacement images are of the same size as the default images.
5. In the vendor.properties file, rename any references to images whose names have changed.
6. Remove any unchanged entries from the vendor.properties file.
7. Create a zip file that contains the updated files, with the same structure as the default resource archive.
   This zip file is used as input to the rebranding scripts.