How can I add my own custom icons to IXIASOFT CCMS?

Symptom

The existing icons available in IXIASOFT CCMS do not meet your needs.

Problem

You need an icon to represent an object in the IXIASOFT CCMS interface, but you do not want to use one of the existing icons. For example, you have created a specialized topic type and you want to easily identify it when it appears in the views.

Solution

Create an icon (16 by 16 pixels), commit it to TEXTML Server, and associate it to the object.

To add an icon:

1. In the TEXTML Administration perspective, navigate to system/conf/icons.
2. Right-click the icons folder and select Insert Documents.
3. Click Add File, select your new icon, and click OK.
4. Navigate to system/conf.
5. Right-click equivalence.xml and click Check Out.
6. Double-click equivalence.xml to open it in the XML editor.
7. Depending on what you want to do, either edit an existing entry or add a new one. For example, if you wanted to change the icon for maps, you could do the following:

   <equivalence type="map"> 
   <object type="map" icon="/system/conf/icons/NewMap-icon.png"/>  
   <object type="ixiamap"/> 
   <object type="bookmap" icon="/system/conf/icons/Bookmap-icon.png"/>  
   </equivalence>

8. Save the equivalence.xml file.
9. Right-click equivalence.xml and then click Check In.
10. Inform users of the changes and request that they close and reopen their IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop to apply the changes.