Modifying User Prompts

The User Prompt Editor enables you to automate the collection and storage of information from PC users on your network. Use it to create and edit files that prompt users for information when they start their PCs and to specify the label with which the information is stored in your Site database.

To update the User Prompt file:

1    Right-click the Get User Data operation and choose Customize from the shortcut menu. The Customize Hardware Inventory dialog is displayed.

2    Select the Hardware tab and click Edit to open the User Prompt Editor. The window displays the currently defined user questions in the Database keys list.

3    In the Title field, type the text you want to display in the Title Bar of the User Prompt window when it is displayed on Client PCs.

4    In the Introduction field, type the explanatory message you want to display at the top of the User Prompt window.

5    If you want to provide extra information about this file or its prompts, enter the information in the File Comments field.

6    Add or edit the user prompts.

7    In the File menu, choose Test to check how the prompts will be displayed.

8    In the File menu, choose Save As. In the Save As dialog enter a location and name for the prompt file and click Save. The prompt file is saved to the ClientKit directory in the Console's installation directory by default.

9    In the Customize dialog, click Reload to select the new prompt file, and click OK to close the dialog.

Notes

You can use the User Prompt Editor to create different sets of prompts for different purposes. For example, you can create different sets of questions to collect information from users who work in different departments, or who have different requirements.

Because the prompt file is saved to the ClientKit directory of the Console PC, it is used only when you run the Get Client Data operation from that PC. If you want to use the prompt file when you create new Clients, save it to the Kit directory of each of your offline areas.

Related Topics

Creating user prompt questions

Distributing User Prompt Questions

Enabling and Disabling User Prompting

Removing user prompts

Re-ordering user prompts

User prompting overview