VMware ACEFeatures | Documentation | Knowledge Base | Discussion Forums Customizing the VMware ACE InterfaceYou may customize several aspects of the VMware ACE user interface, including the text that appears in the title bar and the way removable devices are represented in the interface. You save these customizations in a text file and identify that text file, called the skin file, by adding a line to the preferences.ini file in the project folder. Each line in the skin file has the following form: parameter = "value" To comment out a line in the skin file, begin the line with the # sign. The parameters, acceptable values and defaults are listed in tables in this section. Save the skin file with any filename you wish. Save the skin file in the Project Resources folder under the project folder for the project to which it applies.
VMware ACE has separate large and small application icons. The large icon is used in the application switching interface (visible when you press Alt-Tab). The size of the large icon is usually 32x32 pixels, but VMware ACE uses whatever size is specified in the system preference for icon size. The small (16x16) icon is used in the VMware ACE title bar and on the Windows taskbar button for VMware ACE. The icons used for these purposes must be in .ico format and are specified by the following options in the skin file:
player.iconSmall = "<filename>" One .ico file can contain multiple icons of different sizes. You can specify the same .ico file for player.iconSmall and player.iconLarge. VMware ACE extracts the icon of the appropriate size for each use. You may specify what text appears in the VMware ACE title bar. You may also specify the font and font size used to display the text. The text displayed in the title bar consists of three sections — a prefix, the virtual machine name and a suffix. The parameters listed here allow you to set any prefix and suffix, or to omit the prefix, the suffix or both. They also allow you to include or omit the virtual machine name. If you leave the defaults for all values, the title bar displays only the virtual machine name at 32 points in the font MS Shell Dlg.
Removable devices are shown in the VMware ACE interface either by buttons on a toolbar or by menu items on a Connect menu. You can specify the type of display. You can also specify text, icon or a combination of the two and specify custom icons. If you use custom icons, copy the icon files to the Project Resources folder under the project folder for the project in which they are used. Settings you make in the skin file override any settings the end user may make in the VMware ACE preferences dialog box. Use the following parameter to control whether devices are shown as toolbar items.
You may customize the display for each removable device configured in the virtual machine. The following device names are used for the removable devices you can control with these parameters:
Substitute the appropriate device name for <deviceName> in the parameters in the following table:
For details on the values for keySpec, see the section below. The shortcut key entries described in this section require you to enter a virtual key code as part of the value for an option. Virtual key codes are entered in hexadecimal format — as a hexadecimal number preceded by 0x. For example, to use the virtual key code of 5A as a value, type 0x5A. Microsoft provides a reference list of virtual key codes on the MSDN Web site. At the time this manual was written, the reference list was at msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/winui/WinUI/WindowsUserInterface/UserInput/VirtualKeyCodes.asp. The hot key entries also include modifier keys. The modifier keys are Ctrl, Alt and Shift, or a combination of those keys.
When listing a key plus a modifier, type the virtual key code for the key followed by a comma, then type the value for the modifier key or keys. For example, the value entry for Ctrl-Shift-F1 is 0x70,0x6. Note: Keep the following limitations in mind when defining shortcut keys:
player.title.prefix = "Our Company <<"
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