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Integrating Applications into OVO
Integrating Applications into the Application Desktop
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Integrating Applications into the Application
Desktop
You can add your own applications to the OVO Application Bank, and
assign them to an operator. The applications are then invoked when the
operator double-clicks a symbol in the Application Desktop.
You can add the following types of applications to the OVO Application
Bank:
❏ OVO applications
❏ HP OpenView applications
Integrating OVO Applications
Typically, OVO applications are utilities that provide services of a
general nature. When integrated into the Application Desktop, they
help build a set of management tools. You can pass information (for
example, selected nodes) as arguments to the applications. Users then
start the applications by double-clicking application icons.
You can add applications through the Add OVO Application and Add
Internal Application windows. These windows enable you to
integrate application into the OVO Application Bank quickly and easily.
For details, see the administrator’s online help and the OVO Application
Integration Guide.
About the Plug-in for Integrated OpenView
Applications
A plug-in of integrated HP OpenView applications is provided by
Application Registration Files (ARFs). These files define how users
access applications and how application processes are managed. HP
OpenView applications also can access HP OpenView windows through
the HP OpenView Windows Applications Programming Interface (API).
This API enables you, for example, to generate application-specific
submaps. The submaps are generated by HP OpenView OpenSpool, HP
OpenView OmniBack II, and HP OpenView OmniStorage. For details
about general HP OpenView application integration, see the HP
OpenView Windows Developers Guide.
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