Adding a Shutdown Alert to the Web Element Database

You can add custom messages to be displayed on the Shutdown status page of the Web UI.

To add custom messages to the Shutdown status page

Add one Web element for each unique message.

Use unique AlertLog and AlertID values in your Web element definition to define custom messages.

One convention is to use the resource DLL name for the AlertLog value, and the CaptionRID value of the alert for the AlertID.

Note

• The AlertLog and AlertID values in the Web element definition must match the values used when raising the alert. To provide the text displayed for the alert, default viewer maps the caption and description resource identifiers to the alert.

Add the Web element definitions for the alert under the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\ServerAppliance\ElementManager\WebElementDefinitions registry key.

The following table illustrates such a Web element.

Value	Type	Description	Example
ElementID	Key	Concatenation of "ShutdownAlertDefinitions"<AlertLog> and <AlertID>	ShutdownAlertDefinitionsChimeResource.dll4C000004
CaptionRID	String	Resource identifier for the text of the alert link	4C000004
Container	String	Alert container	ShutdownAlertDefinitions
DescriptionRID	String	Resource identifier for the text to display on the alert details page	4C000008
ElementGraphic	String	Not applicable	<empty>
IsEmbedded	DWORD	Instruction to process element as an embedded page	0x0
Merit	DWORD	Not applicable	0x0
Source	String	Name of resource DLL	ChimeResource.dll
URL	String	Must be empty to indicate that the default message view must be used	<empty>

Requirements

• The Element identifier must be the string concatenation of the string Shutdown Alert Definitions and the AlertLog and AlertID values.
• The Container value must be ShutdownAlertDefinitions.
• The CaptionRID value must contain the resource identifier of the string that is the text for the link.
• The DescriptionRID value must contain a more detailed description of the message.
• The URL value must be empty to indicate that the default message view must be used.

Related Topics

Adding an Alert to the Web Element Database

Extending an Alert with Hyperlinks

Raising and Displaying Alerts Overview

Raising and Displaying Alerts

Raising Alerts from Event Log Entries

Web Element Database