Customizing the user interface

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Customizing the user interface

You can easily customize items in the Meridian Explorer client application user interface as described in the following table.

For information about changing the Home page header text and the application colors, see Customizing the colors and header.

Customizable items
Item	Description
Logo shown on the Home page	Replace C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Images\Custom\CompanyLogo.png.
Icons for each file extension used by documents	Replace C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Custom\Extensions\<FileExtension>_icon.gif Note Do not replace DOC_DEFAULT.gif or TAG_DEFAULT.gif.
Icons for each object tag type	Replace C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Custom\Extensions\<TagTypeName>_icon.gif
Icons for each view	Replace C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Custom\ViewImages\<RepositoryName>_<ViewID>_<ViewType>.gif <ViewID> can be found in the properties of the view. <ViewType> is Documents, Tags, or Projects
Thumbnail images shown for each object tag type	Replace C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Custom\Thumbnails\ObjectTag\<TagTypeName>.png Note Do not replace DEFAULT_OBJECTTAG.gif.
NEW Date format shown in the view results list and on property pages	Add new rows with the names ServerDateFormat and ServerTimeFormat in the first (settings) column of the General worksheet in the resource file for the user’s preferred language. Resource files for all of the supported languages are located in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Languages by default. In the second (values) column, type the Windows character pattern in which to display the date or time, for example, MM/dd/yyyy and h:mm tt. Note The DateFormat and DateTimeFormat settings are used by JavaScript and do not affect the display of metadata by Meridian Explorer.
Maximum number of sub-folders shown in the navigation tree	Change the value of the MaxChildFolderCount setting in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat.
Maximum number of property values shown in the navigation tree or in lists.	Change the value of the MaxChildValueCount setting in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat.

If you replace files, you must restart Internet Information Services for the changes to take effect.