Specify a custom icon for an object type in CCMS Desktop

CCMS Desktop uses default icons for each object type. If you prefer to use your own icons, you can easily do so.

1. In the TEXTML Administration perspective, connect to your server.
2. Locate the equivalence.xml file in the repository's /system/conf collection.
3. Right-click the file and click Check Out.
4. Double-click the file to open it in the editor.
5. Find the object element that corresponds to the object type for which you want to specify the icon.

   For example, to specify an icon for the concept topic type, edit the following:

   <object type="concept" icon="/system/conf/icons/concept.png"/>

6. Replace the current filename of the icon with the filename of your custom icon.

   <object type="concept" icon="/system/conf/icons/concept-acme.png"/>

7. Add the icon to the system configuration in the location noted by the path in the @icon attribute.

   The icon must be in a raster image format (png, bmp, gif). Ideally, it should be 16 x 16 pixels and be transparent.

8. Save, close, and check in the file.
9. Inform users of the changes.
   The changes are automatically applied once users close and then reopen their IXIA CCMS Desktop. Users can also apply the changes without restarting their CCMS Desktop by clicking IXIA CCMS > Synchronize Configuration.