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Login Assistant Credential Provider

You can modify text and images used in the local secure kiosk account Credential Provider.

Before installing the software and setting up the account:

  1. Obtain the required language packs and generate the language skins. See Supporting Multiple Languages and Locales for details.

  2. Copy the generated gina.z files to the workstation on which the Credential Provider is to be installed.

You can also edit the ska.js file using the example ska skin to modify the web skin by adding or removing HTML elements to adjust the user experience of the kiosk-style browser; for example, disabling external links.

The example skins are installed if the "User Interface Design Samples" option is enabled during installation. Copy the \<instance>\design\examples\ska\ directory to the \<instance>\design\custom\ directory.

Make any required changes to ska.js and then run the following commands, using the American English language as an example:

make.bat ska en-us
make.bat install ska en-us

Install the Credential Provider with modified text or images:

  • Using the command line:

    ska.msi LANGUAGEFILES="<pipe-separated list of fully-qualified filenames>" IMAGEFILE="<fully qualified filename>"

    For example:

    ska.msi LANGUAGEFILES="c:\gina-es-es.z|c:\gina-ja-jp.z" IMAGEFILE="c:\image.bmp"

  • By editing the msi:

    Add entries for languages to the binary table in the form LANG_<language>-Rest of World and provide the necessary gina.z file.

    Add entries for bitmap image files for the Credential Provider button to the Binary table in the form ImgFile and provide the bitmap file.

Specifying a language file on the command line overrides entries in the binary table for that language. However, any languages specified only in the Binary table will still be present in the installation.

See also:

Add-on installation command-line options for more information about local secure kiosk account MSI properties.

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