Topic 1: Deployment Wizard output files

This topic describes two of the files that are created when you run the Deployment Wizard:

1. The "main HTML" output file
2. The "proximate HTML" output file

As you probably know, the Deployment Wizard creates not just one output file but several. The number and nature of these files depends on the settings that you choose as you go through the Deployment Wizard. For the purposes of working with custom HTML template files you need to be aware of two of these files.

The first file, which we will call the main HTML output file, is the primary output file created by the Deployment Wizard. This is the file whose name you specify in the File Name field of the last page of the Deployment Wizard, when you are ready to click Create File(s) and create all the Deployment Wizard output files. This is also the file:

• That you specify on the Edit Existing HTML file page of Deployment Wizard when you want to modify a set of previously created Deployment Wizard output files.
• That you specify in the address field of a browser when you want to run a set of Deployment Wizard output files.

The second file, which for want of a better term we will call the proximate HTML output file, is the file which contains the HTML elements and JavaScript statements that directly generate the Host On-Demand desktop page. This is also the file into which the Deployment Wizard copies the HTML and JavaScript elements that you have placed in a custom HTML template file. Therefore, this is the file in which you should look if you are trying to debug a problem with elements in a custom HTML template file.

You can identify the main HTML output file easily because it is the file that you specify in the Deployment Wizard. In this tutorial the main HTML output file is StandardSupplies.html.

The proximate HTML output file is also easy to identify. If you specify a Host On-Demand Java Level of Java 1 on the Additional Options page of the Deployment Wizard, then the main HTML output file is also the proximate HTML output file. In this tutorial the Host On-Demand Java Level is Java 1, so StandardSupplies.html is both the main HTML output file and the proximate HTML output file.

On the other hand, if you have specified a Host On-Demand Java Level of Java 2 or of Auto Detect, then the Deployment Wizard creates a separate proximate HTML output file, whose name is formed by adding the two characters "z_" to the beginning of the main HTML output file name. If this tutorial used a Host On-Demand Java Level of Java 2 or of Auto Detect, then there would be a separate proximate HTML output file named z_StandardSupplies.html. The main HTML output file would still be named StandardSupplies.html.